Once again, all the officer had to do was leave. It is not like he was called because Gates was causing a disturbance. The officer was the only provocation. All he had to do was leave.
And once again as supplemented by many people, that's exactly what the officer was trying to do, when Gates insisted on violating the law he was arrested for, a law that has been repeatedly upheld as being Constitutional.
Fukkstik Gates committed a valid statutory offense and was arrested for such.
Your rights only go as far as they don't infringe on the rights of someone else.
Believe me, I've been in Crowley's position many times. I've had several 150 lb dip s, tell me they would kick my *** if I weren't a cop. I usually tell them that my badge is the only thing stopping me from stomping a mudhole in their ***.
I'm sorry, but just because you are a public worker, doesn't mean you have to eat **** from the public.
There are several offices in our court house who say they are always dealing with people coming in and cursing them out about their vehicle taxes or their property taxes, etc...
I tell them all the time to tell the Hugos of the world that when they can come back and be civil, they will deal with them and that they should leave. If they don't call over to have one of us deal with them and make them leave.
Doormat isn't in my job description.