This is how it would have gone with me:
ME: "Hey officer"
COP: We got a report of a break in here
ME: Oh, ok. This is my house
COP: Do you have ID?
ME: Sure...here it is
COP: OK. Let me confirm
ME: OK
COP: Yup, you live here
ME: Thanks for looking out for my house
COP: No problem
ME: Have a nice day, sir
Gates has been waiting a long time for an opportunity like this. He's an idiot
On The "Skip" Gates Police Report: Well, This IS What Happens To Black Men In America
This is how it would have gone with me:
ME: "Hey officer"
COP: We got a report of a break in here
ME: Oh, ok. This is my house
COP: Do you have ID?
ME: Sure...here it is
COP: OK. Let me confirm
ME: OK
COP: Yup, you live here
ME: Thanks for looking out for my house
COP: No problem
ME: Have a nice day, sir
Gates has been waiting a long time for an opportunity like this. He's an idiot