As it happens, the charges were duly dropped, and there the case might have rested if President Obama, tired and frustrated after weeks of fighting for his healthcare bill, had not weighed in on behalf of his “friend” Gates, and called the police “stupid.”
Tanto él como Gates dijeron más tarde haber "aprendido" del incidente. Puede que Gates hasta esté con planes de hacer un documental televisivo sobre el perfilamiento racial.