The reality is different.  Read the police report, which contains Gates’ neighbor’s report as well (evidently, the Boston Globe had it on its website but took it down because it is so damaging to Gates).  It shows Gates was completely disorderly.

There was a time when a Harvard professor wouldn’t speak like that:  ”Ya, I’ll speak with yo’ mama outside.”  Gates is a jerk, and behaved horribly.  In the back of his mind, one would suspect that he knew he could convert this into decades of profit from PBS, other allies in the media, and Harvard.   Since they will create the narrative, it will be:  ”Distinguish Harvard professor arrested because he was black.”  Rather that:  ”Pompous, faux-academic, race hustler, rude to cops and arrested for creating a gross disorder.”  Gates made the decision to escalate the situation.  He is to blame.  But he will turn this into to enough gold for a lifetime.

Of course, when I first heard the report, I thought Gates was arrest by Harvard’s President, for impersonating an academic.