Roundup on the Gates Case

Here is a very good opinion roundup from both black and white commentators on how race may have played into the arrest of Professor Gates: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/the-gates-case-and-racial-profiling/

My own thoughts on this case is that Professor Gates probably got a bit too combative, and that the cops were probably bored enough to arrest him.  As far as I'm concerned, yelling at a cop should not get you arrested if you were not committing any other crime.  And even if these cops acted appropriately, which is possible, we all know that there are many police officers who are all too happy to arrest anyone for even the smallest offense.  

Hopefully this case serves as a warning to LEO's everywhere, to always hold the high ground and not to arrest everyone in sight.