So you imagine that if a black cop was in the residence of a white person to investigate a break in by two white men reported by a black neighbor and the cop arrested the white guy for merely yelling at them, the cop would be supported by all? I don’t think so.
If you can not express your views, no matter how big a crack pot Gates is, in your own home, where exactly can you express them. As I suggested in the other thread I linked, giving the police carte blanche to arrest anyone they want whenever is not a free society at work. Yes Crowley should not have arrested Gates unless he was arresting him for breaking and entering. Once he determined the crime that was reported was not a crime, Crowley should have left.
He was leaving when "skippie" created a Public Disturbance.
Nobody has 'carte banche' to express their views. I can't stand on my porch and scream at the top of my lungs "Obama is a blue lipped Marxist" and not have the authorities come and investigate if my neighbor calls them
The first amendment forbids the federal government, not the local beat cop, from restricting your speech though the power of their authority
Creating a public nuisance is not expressing your views
Gates is free to sue for wrongful arrest and given the media and support from the POTUS it is likely he would win. I doubt a racist white guy getting arrested for something similar would have any sympathy from anyone outside of other racists and the black cop who arrested him would not have to fear his career would be destroyed.