If there's one lesson we all learned yesterday, it's to look both ways before you cross the street.
Here’s a wild and crazy thought. Cops deal with jackasses each and every single day and have a terribly tough job. And some law enforcement officers have absolutely no idea how to do their job and make situations way worse by their actions. Both of those can be, and are, true.No you can be critical of “the situation” but you don’t have the right to just make blanket statements about the profession and those who work in it, which is what weak minded people do. There’s nothing anyone will type that will change my mind. I have family who are cops and I know exactly what they deal with. They deal with Complete ass hats that have no regard to structure or integrity or human life.
So forum posters that rap their mouth about it and pound their social justice keys about something they have zero knowledge only reveals how weak their convictions are. If the cop is out of line, fine, let it play out and let him be reprimanded but don’t use this to stand on your soapbox when you don’t have the guts to be a person who faces danger every time they punch the work clock.
The accountability rests with both parties.I don’t follow golf but from what I gather, the golfer should still be in jail. You don’t get free passes for being famous, rich, trying to get to an event, or any other reason.
Any adult taking up for the golfer are just showing their true colors. Reading some responses make me realize how and why our country is in the shape it is.
One word to summarize this whole ordeal, accountability. Need more of it for these type of things to happen less.
Awful take. Good Lord.The traffic was stopped because of a pedestrian FATALITY. The police were working that scene and trying to control traffic around where a damn dead body was lying.
The dumbass golfer guy thought he was above it all and headed for the grass median to drive around it all. A cop tried to stop him and was trying to get him to stop but he ignored it all and thought he'd just zip thru the traffic regardless. He was thinking it was a traffic issue not knowing it was a dead body issue.
Regardless...he thought the rules didn't apply to him and injured a cop with his wreckless driving.
Good for the police in Louisville for not kissing ass and treating everyone the same.
Surprise, surprise....No bodycam footage. The city will sweep this under the rug as fast as they can.
No body cam footage of Scottie Scheffler's arrest, Mayor Greenberg says
The mayor said other footage shot from another angle will be released in the coming days.sports.yahoo.com
I agree. However, by taking the high road, Scottie is doing what’s best. The lone cop will come out looking like a prick.The PGA, Valhalla, Louisville Metro PD, and city of Louisville are extremely lucky Scheffler is enough of a stand up guy to stick around and play. Instead of withdrawing from the tournament. I would have been gone the second i got out of jail and would have been making a list of who i was gonna sue and or get fired.
If he blew past a cop that was partially in front of or holding onto the side of his vehicle telling him to stop....the cop that got sent to the hospital will be much more likely to sue Sheffler and he will be coming back to the Ville against his will. Sheffler's lucky they let him out of jail in record time considering the charges.The PGA, Valhalla, Louisville Metro PD, and city of Louisville are extremely lucky Scheffler is enough of a stand up guy to stick around and play. Instead of withdrawing from the tournament. I would have been gone the second i got out of jail and would have been making a list of who i was gonna sue and or get fired.
The cop fell and busted his ass trying to be a hard ass. He should have backed off but was too embarrassed and tried to save face. The charges will be dropped. You’re gonna be wrong about this like you are about so many other things. Makes me feel pretty good about my view of it actually.If he blew past a cop that was partially in front of or holding onto the side of his vehicle telling him to stop....the cop that got sent to the hospital will be much more likely to sue Sheffler and he will be coming back to the Ville against his will. Sheffler's lucky they let him out of jail in record time considering the charges.
Time will tell where this goes.
5 out 5 cop haters agree with you. Nothing to be proud of.The cop fell and busted his ass trying to be a hard ass. He should have backed off but was too embarrassed and tried to save face. The charges will be dropped. You’re gonna be wrong about this like you are about so many other things. Makes me feel pretty good about my view of it actually.
They are clear enough to see that the cop didn't get dragged. He ran after that vehicle pretty well to have sustained the injuries he claimed. We also can plainly see the vehicle is marked as a PGA courtesy vehicle which debunks all of the claims that Scheffler wasn't in a marked vehicle.The first link has two videos, but neither are very clear.
Louisville PD: Scottie Scheffler Incident
ESPN: Cop disciplined for bodycam being off in Scottie Scheffler case
His record already shows he probably should have been dismissed but like usual the bad ones stay too long before something terrible happens.
Damn right especially someone who couldn’t afford to defend himself like he can and have the news on it all day either. POS.I wonder if any of the people in this thread who laughed at those of us who refuse to give cops the benefit of the doubt anymore will come admit they were wrong. This has played out exactly like we said it would. The cop escalated the situation, didn't get dragged by the car, is responsible for his own "injury", and lied on the police report.
"Subject refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging Detective Gillis to the ground. Detective Gillis suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions to his left wrist and knee...Detective Gillis' uniform pants, valued at approximately $80 were damaged beyond repair."
Give me a goddamn break. And this wasn't just one bad cop. Every single cop who was there saw what happened and went along with the fake story.
And I'll say it again. If this was not Scottie Scheffler, and was instead a random nobody, the cop would have just ruined their life by lying about what happened and charing them with felony assault of a police officer. And that happens every day in this country.
He’s wants that $80 so bad he even lied about them in the police report. How did they even get ruined when he didn’t get dragged?How long before officers pants go up for auction?
The only explanation is he shit himself.He’s wants that $80 so bad he even lied about them in the police report. How did they even get ruined when he didn’t get dragged?
Probably took out his knife and cut them upThe only explanation is he shit himself.
They burned because they caught fire. He’s a liar,liarProbably took out his knife and cut them up
I’m guessing he tripped on the median chasing after Scottie and got embarrassed/butthurt and that set the whole thing off.He’s wants that $80 so bad he even lied about them in the police report. How did they even get ruined when he didn’t get dragged?
I can see that. I figured he was butthurt he didn’t listen to him. That’s really why he arrested him.I’m guessing he tripped on the median chasing after Scottie and got embarrassed/butthurt and that set the whole thing off.