Holy sheet. Scheffler detained by cops

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Sounds like you have a lot of "emotional hostility" towards cops and have tagged him as testosterone filled Captain America" without knowing the guy. Pot, meet kettle.....
Buddy…I’m about as back the blue as you get. I also have family that are law enforcement. So try a different angle
 

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Sounds like you have a lot of emotional hostility towards the sport and its players.

So let’s clear up a few things for all the meatheads who hate golf.
1. This police officer WAS NOT part of the event police security for traffic flow. He showed up when there was the accident with the pedestrian, which Scottie was unaware of.

2. The normal traffic security was waving Scheffler through. He was doing what he thought was normal procedure. The other players even mentioned they got through fine right ahead of him without any trouble, doing the same thing Scheffler did. This cop, unaware of all the dynamics regarding tournament protocol and players cars, entrance, etc, took it upon himself to change the rules for everyone else at the scene.

3. Scheffler didn’t drag him anywhere. The dude basically jumped on his car. Scheffler, completely unaware of wtf was going on stopped after I few yards. He might have heard him or someone say stop but also the other guys are waving him through so probably confused if that was even directed at him

4. players are usually sent out alerts via texts of any updates regarding tournament changes, weather, etc. Nothing was sent out or if it was, it was after the pedestrian incident so there was no way of knowing that all the cops at the scene wasn’t just standard traffic flow security.

5. I know the cool thing to do in today’s world is to attack the popular guy and “back the small guy.” But Scheffler is about the most genuine, honest and humble person off the course you’ll find. I’ve seen his character first hand when cameras aren’t around so I know who he is. The fact that people want to attack him and his character shows me that there are folks angry the way he lives his life.

6. There’s fault all around. PGA, Event Security, Louisville PD, Gillis, Scheffler. There should be no charges anywhere. Should’ve been resolved at the scene. But hard to resolve it when you have a testosterone, ego filled cop who thinks he’s Captain America and gonna set folks straight. Damage was done after that.

Not doubting you, but that's a very detailed description of what happened. I'm assuming you weren't there.

Where is your info coming from?
 

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The Attitude Era of the PGA
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Ditto.

Maybe the footage is deceptively edited and the "drag" occurred just before the clip starts.

But if that's it...I wouldn't be surprised.
That’s what I’m wondering as well. Did that all occur before he made it to that point where you can see.
 

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Ditto.

Maybe the footage is deceptively edited and the "drag" occurred just before the clip starts.

But if that's it...I wouldn't be surprised.
Looks like you can't see anything before he chased him down because of busses (I assume that's what is blocking most of the shot? the tops of busses?).

But it definitely doesn't match what has been said. Either the guy jumped on Scheffler's car and Scheffler kept going, the guy fell off/got drug, then he got up and chased Scheffler down.

Or the guy never got drug at all and he just lied.

I'm guessing the latter is more likely? If Scheffler had kept going after the guy jumped on the vehicle, I assume his initial story would have said something about having a random person with no clear identification jump on his car and him continuing on because he was unsure who it was. To not get ahead of that story on the assumption that you would be able to make body camera footage disappear and keep any witnesses from talking about it just seems absurd.

Seems much more likely that there is just a random drama queen cop. That scenario only requires one stupid person. The former requires that Scheffler be stupid and also having nobody with sense advising him.
 

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Ditto.

Maybe the footage is deceptively edited and the "drag" occurred just before the clip starts.

But if that's it...I wouldn't be surprised.
I think all that is is the footage of what happened AFTER the whole incident occurred and cops were chasing him down afterwards.
 
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I think all that is is the footage of what happened AFTER the whole incident occurred and cops were chasing him down afterwards.
This Yahoo article (I know) has 2 videos embedded in it of the incident. I honestly can't see anything crazy going on other than tons of confusing police presence. The first video is the unedited version of the X video. It's just not zoomed in. The bus on the left blocks most of it. I wasted about 10 mins of my life watching the second video and supposedly the incident happens 2 minutes before Scheffler is escorted away in handcuffs (25:15). Again, I don't see anything crazy, but maybe I'm wrong.

 
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A police officer escalating a misunderstanding and over reacting? Then realizing he forked up and lying about it to try and cover his ***?
Can’t be that never happens
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Not a good look for the cop. Nothing about that video would lead you to believe SS was intentionally disobeying orders by the cop. He came to a complete stop as soon as the cop appeared to hit his window and then was in handcuffs without any incident very shortly after stopping. Does not appear to the actions of someone who was not obeying commands just 30 seconds earlier.

My best guess…. This is a cop who got pulled out of bed at early hours in the morning and was not having a good day.
 
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Not a good look for the cop. Nothing about that video would lead you to believe SS was intentionally disobeying orders by the cop. He came to a complete stop as soon as the cop appeared to hit his window and then was in handcuffs without any incident very shortly after stopping. Does not appear to the actions of someone who was not obeying commands just 30 seconds earlier.

My best guess…. This is a cop who got pulled out of bed at early hours in the morning and was not having a good day.

The story is SS was told stop. He did. Then attempted to drive off. This video looks to document the drive off. Which doesn't show the cop being dragged. It shows the cop beat the front of his car. Which leads me to believe your last paragraph.

With all that said, this will be completely dismissed. Or busted down to a misdemeanor. It Should be dismissed all together.
 

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The story is SS was told stop. He did. Then attempted to drive off. This video looks to document the drive off. Which doesn't show the cop being dragged. It shows the cop beat the front of his car. Which leads me to believe your last paragraph.

With all that said, this will be completely dismissed. Or busted down to a misdemeanor. It Should be dismissed all together.
Yeah, like others have said, this should have been resolved on the scene. Going to end up being embarrassing for all parties. I can honestly see it being a misunderstanding on both ends.
 

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They should have dismissed the charges on Monday behind closed doors and buried it. Dragging it out is just making the LMPD and DA look silly. You would think this is on par with OJ.
 

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I’ve watched the video multiple times. I don’t see this being embarrassing for SS. He should sue the **** out of Louisville PD and this cop personally for falsifying a statement (False Claims Act).
I do think it is important that he was in contention for the title of the PGA tournament until this event really started to blow up publicly.
 
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They should have dismissed the charges on Monday behind closed doors and buried it. Dragging it out is just making the LMPD and DA look silly. You would think this is on par with OJ.
Yuup. Reminds me of Cohen bringing up the Mike Leach cartoon issue weeks after it was forgotten about.
 

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They should have dismissed the charges on Monday behind closed doors and buried it. Dragging it out is just making the LMPD and DA look silly. You would think this is on par with OJ.
Prosecutors are loathe to drop charges that the cops don't want dropped. They know they'll wind up questioning a violent suspect and find their police escort/protection has quietly disappeared, leaving them alone and vulnerable. Prosecutors run the show a lot less than people think.