It was Sgt. Crowley who BROKE the law and he did it very soon after he arrived...

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on scene. He did NOT provide his identification card as REQUIRED BY LAW when it was requested by Dr. Gates. Here is the law Sgt. Crowley broke:

POLICE OFFICERS


Chapter 41: Section 98D. Identification cards


Section 98D. Each city or town shall issue to every full time police officer employed by it an identification card bearing his photograph and the municipal seal. Such card shall be carried on the officer’s person, and shall be exhibited upon lawful request for purposes of identification.

Link to Chapter 41: Sction 98D:

http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/41-98d.htm

Dr. Gates requested that identification BEFORE Sgt. Crowley even entered the home and Sgt. Crowley did NOT produce his card. Every subsequent request by Dr. Gates to Sgt. Crowley for his identification was ignored as shown in Sgt. Crowley's OWN report:



"He then demanded to know who I was. I told him I was "Sgt. Crowley from the Cambridge police" and that I was "investigating a report of a break in progress" at the residence."

This is where Sgt. Crowley was, by law, required to provide his identification card and he did not.

Again, from Sgt. Crowley's report:

"I asked Gates to provide me with photo identification so that I could verify that he resided at (blacked out address number in report) Ware St. and so I could radio my findings to ECC. Gates initially refused, demanding I show him identification but then did supply me with a Harvard University identification card."

Second request for identification ignored by Sgt. Crowley.

Yet again, from Sgt. Crowley's police report:

"As I began walking through the foyer toward the front door, I could hear Dr. Gates again demanding my name. I again told him I would speak with him outside."

Third request from Dr. Gates, third time Sgt. Crowley refused to follow the State law.


Link to Sgt. Crowley's report:

http://www.samefacts.com/archives/Police%20report%20on%20Gates%20arrest.PDF