re: #226 drcordell

No. Under Massachusetts law you cannot be disorderly on your own property. Under Federal law unless the police officer has personally witnessed a felony or has a search warrant, he may not enter a home without permission. Gates had every legal right to tell Crowley to leave. The fact that he acted like an asshole while doing so does not strip him of any of his rights under state or federal law. The fact that his arrest was immediately thrown out by the court proves this to be the case.

It was not thrown out by any court. It never made it to a court. The charges where dropped. The cops can and will take you into custody if you do not cooperate with them and they are in their legal powers to do so. It’s not illegal to be an asshole, but it is not so smart…Gates is at fault here, not the cops. What is so hard to figure out about that?