His black partner who is quoted as saying that Crowley did everything by the book and that he backed him?
the police report: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html
Where Crowley said stop yelling or I'll have to arrest you, warning him at least twice. Gates admits to yelling for his badge number and saying this wouldn't happen if he were white. I can see it very easy for both versions to be true- Gates was too upset to hear the answer and may have missed hearing both the name/badge number and the request to quiet down.
I doubt the police department would back Crowley if his microphone, which was recording most of this, didn't back his statements of what he said and asked for.
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on 2009-07-30 06:46 pm (UTC)the police report: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html
Where Crowley said stop yelling or I'll have to arrest you, warning him at least twice. Gates admits to yelling for his badge number and saying this wouldn't happen if he were white. I can see it very easy for both versions to be true- Gates was too upset to hear the answer and may have missed hearing both the name/badge number and the request to quiet down.
I doubt the police department would back Crowley if his microphone, which was recording most of this, didn't back his statements of what he said and asked for.