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Originally Posted by dippin
disorderly conduct by definition cannot happen inside one's own home, and the definition was then stretched to make the guy's porch a public place.
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No, it can. If you're disturbing the peace, that's disorderly conduct. If I go stand on my porch and start shouting at the top of my lungs, and the cops tell me to stop and I don't, that's disorderly conduct.
Of course, assuming the cop really had no reason to be there, he's guilty of disorderly conduct too
That said, if the police report is accurate, then Gates was being a tool. If the lawyer's report is accurate, then Gates was being a tool. We have to wait until witnesses step forward and tell us whether Gates was yelling or not. Until then, to assume the cop is racist is jumping the gun.