Henry Louis Gates Jr., a Harvard University Professor who specializes in African-American studies, has been arrested at his home on dubious charges of disorderly conduct. A statement by Gates and link to the police report are here. Some judicious comments are found in this thread on Crooked Timber (where I found out about it).
Great piece by Stanley Fish:
http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/henry-louis-gates-deja-vu-all-over-again/?em
And two good days of debate at the NYT:
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/the-gates-case-and-racial-profiling/
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/were-obamas-race-remarks-too-risky/