Contempt Of Cop
November, 2009
It's not a good idea to mouth off to the police, but it shouldn't be against the lawStrip away the layers behind the Henry Louis Gates incident and you are left with this core: a citizen being arrested for voicing displeasure with a government agent—that is, engaging in explicitly political speech—in his own house. Ignore the media hype. As far as we're concerned, the lesson to be learned from this is unambiguous, but it has nothing to do with race (or class, for that matter). It is a textbook...
