On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:47:42 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Why is it ok for Gates to be insulting, telling an officer who,
apparently and to all appearances and reports does not have any race
bias at all, that he's a racist and use a degoratory reference to his
mother because he's having a bad day - why is that an excuse?

I didn't say it was OK but it is not a reason to arrest someone in
their own home who was incorrectly suspected of a crime. Big
difference.