Of course that's an option, I suppose. I guess I didn't go to the "Assume the cops are lying first and figure out the facts later" school.
Scheffler arrested outside PGA where a car wreck had occurred
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Come on man, if someone drug you....you are not getting up and settling that as reasonable adults. Cops are people not freaking robots. Anyone would be pissed in that moment.
Because the officer is an idiot. Call a spade a spade.
Yep, and rich guys never have an attitude that the law doesn't apply to them.
Watching all of you use your jump to conclusions mats this morning has been entertaining
He told Scottie to stop and Scottie didn't. He tried to make him stop and he was drug 10-20 yards before Scottie stopped. The office got Scottie out of the car and put handcuffs on him. The video shows multiple officers arresting Scottie. You are assuming whatever other facts you want to make your case.
The truth is this could have been avoided if Scottie just stopped when the officer told him to. Then give him his credentials and talk it out. I mean, blaming the officer AFTER Scottie disobeyed his direct order and drug him 10-20 yards down the street is a bold choice.
Of course. People reaching conclusions in the immediate aftermath of something are generally not accurate, but some folks have are convinced they know what happened already. It has been an entertaining thread for sure
What conclusion have I jumped to? All I've said is Scottie shouldn't have been arrested and that he should have obeyed the cop.
How is that jumping to conclusions? Oh wait, it's not.
You just mentioned two conclusions you've already reached haha
Interesting reactions. Wonder what board’s reaction would be if this were a Joe nobody. Doubt there would be this much outcry
sounds like the reporter was right behind Scottie. So more than one was going the wrong way it seems. Seems like a chaotic scene that wasn't handled very well by multiple individuals.
The scene was so chaotic and the need to maintain order was so high that they had enough officers to stop everything they were doing to get together and arrest a golfer going into a tournament and send him downtown to be booked.
Yes, that's exactly what they need to be doing with the finite resources in a "chaotic" scene. You can call me a police hater (laughable), I could call you a bootlicker, none of it changes what is fairly obvious, which is that someone overreacted to an order not being obeyed, even though it may not have been intentional. Because some people don't like orders not being obeyed.
If this were a justified charge, it will be prosecuted accordingly. It won't be because it isn't. Defending clownish behavior encourages clownish behavior.
That last part is why this nonsense happens. It's an egregious use of discretion, and they have too much of it.
To be clear he should be given the benefit of the doubt. Just never seen the vent do so.
I think for me it's easy to see both sides of this. The police have a tough job - especially at a big event in the dark with bad weather and a fatal accident having occurred. Scotty is likely confused as to what's going on given the factors above and likely did what he thought was the right thing. I could easily see him (or myself or any of y'all) accidentally hitting the gas instead of the brakes when a cop "attaches" himself to the car for whatever reason. I am sure this will all get washed out as they both likely did what they thought was right and both sides probably could have handled it better. It sure would have been fun to see this board had it been Patrick Reed being arrested instead of Scottie. I can't stand Reed and for sure would have taken the cops side in that instance.
Hard to argue with the guy who has the whole thing figured out and all the things unknown to the rest of the world conveniently fall on the side of his pre-existing prejudices.
Yes, it's a preexisting prejudice of mine that most golfers going into a tournament aren't committing felony assault, so you got me.
I can't fathom them following through with it, but man what if they had shot him... His odds would of probably dropped to 10-1.
Right this second Scheffler is at -5 and +450 to win
Right this second English is at -6 and +4000 to win
Right this second Hubbard is -8 and +3500 to win
I think that's probably because he's such a normal dude and a lot of people can relate to that.
He didn’t even say anything to the officers or pull the “do you know who I am” card. WTF are you even talking about? Delusional.
Yes intentionally hitting a police officer is a felony. Did anyone really not know this?
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That’s just his terrible trolling
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Seems like he thought rules don’t apply to him. We need support police, not assault them. they have a very hard job.
I’d say I’m disposed to believe both that an officer wouldn’t arrest without cause and a golfer wouldn’t assault an officer. One or both of those were violated. No idea which.
But I will say that for every bad cop story I’ve heard, I’ve seen or heard just as many of entitled jerks refusing to obey reasonable police orders because he’s trying to make a tee time.
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This thread has become far more entertaining than anything I’ve ever watched during a PGA event.
Are you trolling? You’ve got to be trolling.
Davenport witnessed the incident and said the officer "attached" himself to SS's car. If he grabbed onto a moving vehicle, how can this be considered intentional on SS's part?
Boy if you want to see a bunch of southern whites dudes start yelling “f@ck the police!!” in a hurry… arrest a famous golfer.
The jokes write themselves.
Personally, I think you guys arguing your policing narratives this morning are all just wasting your breath IMHO. Clearly this was all an elaborate stunt coordinated by long time PGA publicist Virginia Venit as an attempt to spike ratings and make the painfully boring Scheffler (who will likely dominate the sport’s plot for next decade) a much more interesting and “complex” character.
Oh and so I don’t get sentenced to Chile (and for anyone not immediately picking up on my Virginia Venit callback), here is one of her in her heyday and a very iconic “happy place”…
Oh and so I don’t get sentenced to Chile (and for anyone not immediately picking up on my Virginia Venit callback), here is one of her in her heyday and a very iconic “happy place”…
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Amazing how some simple situations escalate . Scotty may have not umderstoid or followed the instruction but what happened next seemed avoidable. Why would the policeman throw himself on a car that was not a threat and really had no where to go. It was a traffic jam. Good grief
I might just watch golf if behavior like this makes its way onto the course.
