dxAce wrote:

Gates is merely another one of the dufi. In this case, a black academic dufus,
who thinks he's smarter than everyone else.

He's not. Not even close.

Well, for a Harvard professor (black, white or otherwise), he certainly
doesn't appear to be the brightest bulb in the box.

Mr. Gates angrily said "He [the cop] followed me into the kitchen
without my permission".

Um, Mr. Gates, here are at least two possible scenarios:

The cop could have felt you were going into the kitchen to get a weapon,
or...

The cop was there on a 9-1-1 run that said TWO men were breaking into
the house. One (or two) men could have been waiting in the kitchen and
turned it into a hostage situation.

So, the cop, operating with the information he had AT THE MOMENT, was no
way going to let you in the kitchen alone. Simple Police Procedures 101.