Did you need not read the part in your own post about "Upon learning that Gates was affiliated with Harvard, I radioed and requested the presence of the Harvard University Police." That doesn't sound conciliatory to me. Crowley should have long ago said thanks, sorry for the intrusion, and good afternoon.

Mosby -- And yea, this is a kind of Katrina moment -- not so horribly devastating but revealing.

Thanks, Mosby. I hadn't thought of her thinking that! That's very elaborate. And what a ruse for the inside guy to be talking on the phone and actually answer the door when the cops came!

Franklyo -- There is no law that makes it a crime to yell in front of other people -- unless you, like, yell fire in a theater when there is no fire and cause a riot. The arrest was blatantly false and that's why the charge was dropped. There is no need to ask anyone whether Dr. Gates was yelling or what he was yelling.

What I wonder is: since Lucia Whalen apparently remained on the scene -- she was there and spoke to Sgt. Crowley, according to his report, as he mounted the front steps -- did she not notice the hired driver in his black suit carry Dr. Gates' luggage through the front door after Dr. Gates opened it from the inside? Did she have her fingers over her eyes when the driver came back down the steps and got in his livery car and drove away? How could all that not seem perfectly normal? And did she mention it to Crowley?

Glenn,

Don't the Palestinians, under international law, have the right as an oppressed people to arm themselves in self-defense and throw off their oppressors? Could you speak to this? Is it not then illegal, as well as immoral, for the United States to prevent the people of Gaza from having the means of defending their lives and their freedom?

Let me help you out here.

“Liberals” think Clinton’s finest hour was bombing Yugoslavia. They don’t even know that Clinton bombed Iraq long before Bush. They forget that he bombed Sudan. They don’t even think about Haiti. They are not interested in the effects of economic sanctions on anyone else. Actually they’re not interested in anyone else unless a movie star says so. Clinton was nothing but two terms of “peace and prosperity.”

“Progressives” think Clinton is a murderous war criminal who laid the foundations for everything Bush did.

“Liberals” think Obama is “progressive.” They have no actual idea what Obama stands for. They voted and that’s it, end of responsibility. They’re just going to “wait and see” and “give him a chance.” They think he’s like Martin Luther King. They don’t know what Martin Luther King stood for either. Leaders lead and people just have to hope for the best.

“Progressives” know that Obama is just a hopey face on the imperial war machine. They know that Martin Luther King could never support Obama. They know that people have to make government work for them – likely through direct action like MLK did – even if the chances are slim.

“Liberals” read Salon magazine.

“Progressives” don’t.

Glenn Greenwald is the only reason to come to this site.