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Disorderly conduct has its roots in the mid-19th century, when police officers needed a way to quell street brawls that erupted frequently between recent immigrants and already established residents, often regarding labor issues. Crowds would gather and cops needed to restore order in public places. According to the Cambridge...
In law enforcement, there are few situations that are clear-cut, and disorderly conduct is one of the fuzziest. As Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. now knows all too well, the misdemeanor charge can be used to corral people who are simply uncooperative or rude. State statutes are designed...
Perhaps not surprisingly, a good chunk of disorderly-conduct charges end up being dropped, as happened in the case against Gates, who was arrested on his porch on July 16 after yelling at the officer who responded to a report of a possible break-in at the Harvard scholar's...
Talking trash by itself isn't a punishable offense - unless, it seems, you draw a crowd while doing it, which is part of the allegation against Gates. That's why in the wake of the Gates incident, cops are holding firm on the need for lots of latitude in issuing...
The issue of whether or not Gates - first in his home and later on his front porch - was in a public place has sparked plenty of debate, including in the blogosphere. Crowley's account of the incident included the detail that "at least seven" passersby had stopped to rubberneck. Sam...