I don’t disagree with anything you just typed and sincerely believe we are probably more aligned than not here, but would come from different sides of the coin.
I have zero issues with things like escalating force, capture and detainment et cetera when called for.
My post probably does sound like it has an anti police bend because I’m specifically addressing an issue I disagree and am at odds with, but legitimately believe the police are a valuable force to have in general and that you face uniquely dangerous situations.
Fair enough. I had discussed this topic with my coffee friends the Monday after the event. We had mostly general information with very little specifics. Would you care to do a timeline of events that led up to Scottie managing to get himself arrested, based on eyewitness accounts that you know?
Nothing I have read or seen indicated he was driving on a median. His vehicle was moving very slowly when, according to an eyewitness, the policeman “attached himself to the vehicle.”
My take, and just my opinion - chaotic scene with a bunch of traffic and red and blues, very confusing. Scheffler gets told one thing by the first cop, is not sure the second person giving him conflicting directions is even a cop, slowly passes the cop who grabs onto the car like he’s stopping a homicide, Scheffler comes to a stop (in the videos), cop has a hissy fit and arrests him, charges him with a felony because he felt disrespected.
Because the “thin blue line” as I understand it is police looking out for police and not always above board.
Scottie is running in to the thin blue line with the assault charge and what increasingly appears to be a face saving false narrative around the incident.
Agreed. Yet nobody vehemently defends bad electricians, car salesmen or whoever else or even gives them benefit of the doubt to the point of unquestionable reproach. I realize this may not be true in all cases, but it is the other half of the “defund” dialogue and a real sentiment.
Either way. I have direct employees and expect them to act a certain way. And while I would never position a public servant role as a direct employee they do work for the population who elects their leadership on stated iniatives that will in turn govern interaction, and bankroll the process. The officer was wrong in any case, evidenced by his suspension,
This makes sense from what I could glean from the article.
From the article, I believe this is what got Scottie arrested: According to the police report, shortly after the incident the officer demanded Scheffler stop, but the World No. 1 “refused to comply and accelerated forward, dragging [Gillis] to the ground.”
I couldn’t find an account of any eyewitnesses apart from what Scottie recalled. Dark, rainy, and flashing lights provided nothing I could gather from the video. I would need a bigger screen to possibly get anything more.
It is hard to see but on the first video it’s top left of the screen about :34 seconds in - cop takes five steps and catches up to the car - brake lights on. Car was barely moving.