Reply #154: I heard a better "what if". What if

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Henry Kissinger was the one in his own home and a it was a black cop who arrested him after seeing the ID and knowing it was his house. Would we blame Henry for being rude to the black cop or think the cop had gone too far.
That gave some of the white people on the panel pause...

and as far as the possibility of being held hostage. The cop was in the house but OK the burglar could be in the next room. So when Gates went out on the porch they could have grabbed him and talked to him in the yard. I'm thinking that as they grabbed and cuffed him they were not asking if he was safe.

The issue is not the police wanting to investigate the report or make sure things were OK. They arrested him and hauled him off. What does your point have to do with that?