He absolutely complied.... once he understood what was going on. He was heading to the tournament. He was unaware of the fatal accident. He saw police cars... thought they were directing traffic for the tournament. It was raining, dark... he could not understand the directions being given to him.... I would not be at all surprised if all charges are dropped. From what I have read, this was an overreaction by the cops. |
Sigh. Read what actually happened. He didn't drive through the crime scene. He didn't hit the cop (he held on to the door). His car was marked as one for a player, not a normal spectator. The cop made a bad call and yes, Scottie should have stopped once the cop didn't let go of the door but you're making this into something it wasn't. And by the way, I'm not even a golf fan and knew nothing other than Scottie's name before this, but reading this thread is a perfect example of hysteria and fiction becoming the real story. It's sad. |
They were routing traffic AROUND the crime scene. |
And the cop yelled at the journalist when Scottie asked him to tell the cop that Scottie was a player. |
Morgan Wallen is an idiot. Stop comparing the two of them. |
So when a school has a sign that says it is closed on the weekends (not a gate physically barring you from entering, but a sign at the entrance) and a teacher goes onto campus on a Saturday to work, is she an entitled AH? Or is she someone who knows the rules don't apply to her. Like a professional golfer in a car marked for players who is told to ignore the spectator traffic? |
Are you his publicist or just a pathetic middle aged groupie? You were not there. You are trafficking spin put into the media by his reps, PGA and network toadies. The only FACT is he was booked and charged with several crimes. And multiple cops and brass on scene and at the dept validated those charges, so there is merit. |
Tell the bottom rung blue collar cop who I am! I am a famous white rich upper caste pro athlete! Tell him laws and rules don’t apply to me! |
Morgan and Scottie are both entitled douchebags. Scottie is fake nice. He’s a smug a-hole. |
What land do you live in where every rule breaker get punished? This is the world we live in. You don’t even have to go to school and you can still graduate. |
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I think the most likely thing is that it was an accident but if you’re driving the car, I don’t think there’s a lot of ways to knock down a pedestrian and have it not be your fault. If you’re driving at a slow speed and someone grabs your door, you should know and stop pretty darn quickly. I think they’ll review the video and adjust it down to some sort of driving violation if it’s clear he didn’t know the guy was holding the car.
That said, while I’m sure the cops down there are terrible, I don’t think there is anywhere in the country you can knock down a traffic cop, no matter how unintentionally, and not end up arrested. If other cops see that your car was involved in a cop falling down, they’re going to arrest you. To me this is kind of in the category of it’s always your fault if you hit someone from behind, even if they’re an idiot. It’s his job as the driver to not let this happen. |
Why, were you a witness to the "validation" of charges by multiple cops on the scene? If so, how did the officer get dragged, and on what side of the vehicle was he dragged? |
What was the cop planning to do? Hold a moving car (sounds stupid) or open the door and throw him to the ground? |