The disorder doesn't correspond well with the meek picture to the right of the caption, nor does it correspond with that of the passive victim depicted below.
the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor of Harvard University
Reiterates the absurdity/irony. Unfortunately, people are arrested in their own homes daily. This hardly would be a surprising tidbit, but for the preceding characterization of the author of Gates' situation.
Professor Gates’ home without ever acknowledging who he was or if there were charges against Professor Gates.