http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/gates_sends_flo.html
"Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sent a bouquet of flowers and a note to the woman whose 911 call led to his arrest earlier this month."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/gates-reflects-on-beers-at-the-white-house/?scp=2&sq=quotation%20henry%20gates&st=cse
"We hit it off right from the very beginning," Professor Gates said. Laughing, he added, "When he's not arresting you, Sergeant Crowley is a really likable guy."