Gates said it was racism, Galloway said it was out of control, Obama said it was stupid.

I wonder if this was more about elitism than racism.  Fancy pants Harvard professor is questioned by blue collar cop.  Maybe elite guy wasn't used to be spoken to this way by the "lower class" worker bee and refused to be deferrential and just hand over his driver's license.  "How dare you speak to me, Harvard professor and clearly better than you, you low-life person!"

Just a thought...

First post and it's pretty stupid.  Just seeing if this works.