I said I don't see any reason for the arrest other than Gates running his big mouth, which means that I think the cop got a little vindictive after hearing Gates' diatribe which IMO was unprofessional on the cops' part.
After listening to Gates tell his story he comes off like a snobbish cat who wants you to know what he has, I believe he threw down the race card unnecessarily, the cop just got pissed at Gates for his mouth not his race.
And we are all speculating because none of us were inside that house when the incident took place.
That does not even rate a response, BTW the correct spelling is "off".