Anonymous wrote: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.

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Anonymous wrote:I first assumed overzealous cop, but when you read the details, Scottie sounds like an entitled scumbag who thought the rules didn't apply to him.

And Scottie is in fact a born super rich country club kid turned really rich pro golfer who was been pampered his entire life.

It was a closed street for a pedestrian FATALITY investigation. You don't get to drive through a fatal CRIME SCENE because you're a pro golfer.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if 100% guilty, Scottie with get the (popular white talent) Morgan Wallen treatment. No follow up necessary.

No doubt there will be a lot of pressure to dismiss everything. But those are some very serious charges. And the injured cop doesn't have to play along. If this was a rich black basketball or football player, everyone would be calling him an entitled thug, why does the rich white country club raised golfer get the benefit of the doubt?

People calling the basketball or football player a thug would be wrong. This has cop got his pride hurt and decided to arrest someone written all over it.

Speak for yourself. Sounds like a rich young prick athlete who thought rules only apply to proles.

The rules don’t apply to anyone anymore. Where have you been?

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?

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Anonymous wrote:Even if 100% guilty, Scottie with get the (popular white talent) Morgan Wallen treatment. No follow up necessary.

Morgan Wallen is an idiot. Stop comparing the two of them.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on what the journalist who was there said, they had been instructed to go that way and the road was open for approved persons (including players).

When they got to the entrance of the club (this was past the actual accident scene), a bus was stopped and Scottie was behind the bus. The bus door was open and no one was in the driver seat so Scottie drove around the bus to enter the club. The police say they told him to stop, he says he thought the person motioning him to stop was security but since he already had police approval to enter, he kept going. Then a police officer 'attached' himself to the car (words of the journalist who witnessed it) and Scottie drove about 10 yards just inside the club entrance before stopping when something started to bang on his window. He stopped, was dragged out of the car and arrested

He claims it was all a misunderstanding as he had approval to drive there and entre the club and was in a player marked car.

And the cop yelled at the journalist when Scottie asked him to tell the cop that Scottie was a player.

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Anonymous wrote:I first assumed overzealous cop, but when you read the details, Scottie sounds like an entitled scumbag who thought the rules didn't apply to him.

And Scottie is in fact a born super rich country club kid turned really rich pro golfer who was been pampered his entire life.

It was a closed street for a pedestrian FATALITY investigation. You don't get to drive through a fatal CRIME SCENE because you're a pro golfer.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if 100% guilty, Scottie with get the (popular white talent) Morgan Wallen treatment. No follow up necessary.

No doubt there will be a lot of pressure to dismiss everything. But those are some very serious charges. And the injured cop doesn't have to play along. If this was a rich black basketball or football player, everyone would be calling him an entitled thug, why does the rich white country club raised golfer get the benefit of the doubt?

People calling the basketball or football player a thug would be wrong. This has cop got his pride hurt and decided to arrest someone written all over it.

Speak for yourself. Sounds like a rich young prick athlete who thought rules only apply to proles.

The rules don’t apply to anyone anymore. Where have you been?

Anonymous wrote:Even if 100% guilty, Scottie with get the (popular white talent) Morgan Wallen treatment. No follow up necessary.

Anonymous wrote:Based on what the journalist who was there said, they had been instructed to go that way and the road was open for approved persons (including players).

When they got to the entrance of the club (this was past the actual accident scene), a bus was stopped and Scottie was behind the bus. The bus door was open and no one was in the driver seat so Scottie drove around the bus to enter the club. The police say they told him to stop, he says he thought the person motioning him to stop was security but since he already had police approval to enter, he kept going. Then a police officer 'attached' himself to the car (words of the journalist who witnessed it) and Scottie drove about 10 yards just inside the club entrance before stopping when something started to bang on his window. He stopped, was dragged out of the car and arrested

He claims it was all a misunderstanding as he had approval to drive there and entre the club and was in a player marked car.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if 100% guilty, Scottie with get the (popular white talent) Morgan Wallen treatment. No follow up necessary.

Scottie didn't throw a chair off a roof onto a busy sidewalk. He was in a well-marked PGA car that was obviously heading into the tournament. He had no way of knowing there was a major accident. It sounds more like the police were a bunch of Keystone Kops on a power trip and it was all a misunderstanding. And Scheffler is known to be one of the nicest players in the PGA. He's already issued a very thoughtful statement explaining the incident. And what kind of police procedure involves 'attaching" oneself to a moving vehicle anyway?

I am generally pro-police. I think it can be a really difficult job. But good lord they do hire some idiots.

Nobody gives a damn what sport you play, you do not get to drive thru an active crime scene investigation of a fatality, no less. And when police tell you to stop, you need to comply.

Anonymous wrote:I first assumed overzealous cop, but when you read the details, Scottie sounds like an entitled scumbag who thought the rules didn't apply to him.

And Scottie is in fact a born super rich country club kid turned really rich pro golfer who was been pampered his entire life.

It was a closed street for a pedestrian FATALITY investigation. You don't get to drive through a fatal CRIME SCENE because you're a pro golfer.

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Anonymous wrote:Lock him up.

Lol he’s already out. The police will probably be apologizing next and wishing him good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t make sense that someone at the peak of their career with no criminal history would just randomly decide to start committing crimes for no reason at 5:00 on the way in to say 2 of a prestigious golf tournament.

He should have complied. Isn’t that what they say?

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Anonymous wrote:Lock him up.

Lol he’s already out. The police will probably be apologizing next and wishing him good luck.