Posted on 05/24/2024 8:16:18 AM PDT by george76
There’s been a shocking update in the Scottie Scheffler saga. The world’s top golfer was arrested for allegedly “dragging” a police officer during a confusing and chaotic moment en route to the golf course..
As it turns out, ESPN reporters were also on the scene and revealed the true story. According to them, the Keystone cop managing the traffic went on an unhinged power trip and turned into a banshee. He was not “dragged,” the ESPN reporters claim. Once this news broke, charges were quickly dropped against Mr. Scheffler. We thought that was the end of it—aside from the massive black eye on the city of Louisville and their clownish police department. But that’s not the end—not even close.
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Now, we’re hearing that the charges actually haven’t been dropped, and Mr. Scheffer is still in the legal hot seat and could be facing a possible trial.
Here’s what Scheffler is facing:
Second-degree assault of a police officer, a felony.
Third-degree criminal mischief.
Reckless driving.
Disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.
Scheffler is facing down a felony and 10 years in prison over this circus.
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JUST IN: Footage released of number 1 ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler getting arrested while turning into the parking lot before the second round of the PGA Championship.
Talk about an overreaction.
The footage shows Scheffler turning left into the Valhalla parking lot before the officer appeared to attach himself to the side of the car.
The grainy footage is the only footage available at the moment because the officer did not activate his bodycam.
Despite this, the charges were not dropped against Scheffler who is facing up to 10 years in prison for second-degree assault.
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That should have been the end of it. But, of course, in cities run by liberals, that’s never the case.
The two women pulling the strings in Louisville seem straight out of the DEI handbook. Based on how everything has unfolded, the police chief and the prosecutor appear to be poster women for choosing charity over excellence.
This is the Louisville chief of police. Her name is Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel.
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Truth be told, those eyebrows should be a felony.
It appears that Gwinn-Villaroel was chosen to be the chief of police solely for diversity reasons after the city of Louisville suffered a PR disaster with the shooting of Breonna Taylor—a shooting that Ann Coulter has persuasively argued was justified.
When Gwinn-Villaroel was appointed, the New York Times led with this headline: “In a First, Louisville Taps a Black Woman to Lead Its Troubled Police Force.”
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There’s been a shocking update in the Scottie Scheffler saga. The world’s top golfer was arrested for allegedly “dragging” a police officer during a confusing and chaotic moment en route to the golf course.
A mugshot of world no 1 Scottie Scheffler following his arrest by Louisville police last Friday
As it turns out, ESPN reporters were also on the scene and revealed the true story. According to them, the Keystone cop managing the traffic went on an unhinged power trip and turned into a banshee. He was not “dragged,” the ESPN reporters claim. Once this news broke, charges were quickly dropped against Mr. Scheffler. We thought that was the end of it—aside from the massive black eye on the city of Louisville and their clownish police department. But that’s not the end—not even close.
We covered the original story below:
RELATED: Major plot change in the Scottie Scheffler ‘cop dragging’ arrest…
Now, we’re hearing that the charges actually haven’t been dropped, and Mr. Scheffer is still in the legal hot seat and could be facing a possible trial.
Here’s what Scheffler is facing:
Second-degree assault of a police officer, a felony Third-degree criminal mischief Reckless driving Disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic Scheffler is facing down a felony and 10 years in prison over this circus. This is the statement Mr. Scheffler released after the incident:
‘This morning, I was proceeding as directed by police officers.
‘It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions. I’m hopeful to put this to the side and focus on golf today.
‘Of course, all of us involved in the tournament express our deepest sympathies to the family of the man who passed away in the earlier accident this morning. It truly puts everything in perspective.’
This is the video that was just released:
Collin Rugg:
JUST IN: Footage released of number 1 ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler getting arrested while turning into the parking lot before the second round of the PGA Championship.
Talk about an overreaction.
The footage shows Scheffler turning left into the Valhalla parking lot before the officer appeared to attach himself to the side of the car.
The grainy footage is the only footage available at the moment because the officer did not activate his bodycam.
Despite this, the charges were not dropped against Scheffler who is facing up to 10 years in prison for second-degree assault.
That should have been the end of it. But, of course, in cities run by liberals, that’s never the case.
The two women pulling the strings in Louisville seem straight out of the DEI handbook. Based on how everything has unfolded, the police chief and the prosecutor appear to be poster women for choosing charity over excellence.
This is the Louisville chief of police. Her name is Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel.
Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel of Kentucky Police spoke at a brief press conference
Truth be told, those eyebrows should be a felony.
It appears that Gwinn-Villaroel was chosen to be the chief of police solely for diversity reasons after the city of Louisville suffered a PR disaster with the shooting of Breonna Taylor—a shooting that Ann Coulter has persuasively argued was justified.
When Gwinn-Villaroel was appointed, the New York Times led with this headline: “In a First, Louisville Taps a Black Woman to Lead Its Troubled Police Force.”
The New York Times:
Louisville’s interim police chief, Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, will continue permanently in her role and take over a department that has been in turmoil since the 2020 police killing of Breonna Taylor and was excoriated this year in a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report.
Ms. Gwinn-Villaroel, 49, will be the first Black woman to serve permanently as the Louisville Metro Police Department’s chief. She had been interim chief since January, after the resignation of her predecessor, Erika Shields, one of several recent leadership changes.
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Ms. Gwinn-Villaroel is the fifth person to lead Louisville’s police force since June 2020, when Chief Steve Conrad was fired after officers killed a popular restaurant owner in a firefight during that summer’s protests. Two interim chiefs filled in before Ms. Shields took over the department in January 2021.
Louisville’s police department began drawing intense scrutiny in 2020 after officers shot and killed Ms. Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician, in her apartment during a no-knock warrant raid in the middle of the night. Four officers involved in that shooting were charged last year.
In addition, this is Louisville’s top prosecutor, the governor-appointed commonwealth’s attorney. Her name is Gerina Whethers.
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As Cabinet Secretary, Gerina lead the Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan (representing 7% of the state population), KY Work Compensation Plan, KY Employee Assistance Program, KY Deferred Compensation Plan, the Department of Human Resource Administration, and the Office of Diversity, Equality, and Training.
Whethers was appointed by the liberal governor of the state, Andy Beshear. Local media reported her hiring this way: “For first time ever, Black woman appointed as Louisville’s top prosecutor.” No surprise that this is what you get when you elect a liberal governor…
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these two women were hired solely to score diversity points in light of the George Floyd “racial reckoning.” The death of Floyd is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone at this point that the focus of the Louisville prosecutors is on DEI—something we can also likely infer about their police department from the way this has been handled. After all, by all accounts, it seems that DEI played a major role in the promotion of these ladies to their positions of power.
Scheffler’s attorney issued a stinging statement, and the golf champ has multiple witnesses and video evidence on his side. There’s no way the Louisville Keystone Cops could secure a conviction here, so one has to wonder why these women are pushing so hard for one. Is this another example of women in powerful positions who are out of their depth? It certainly seems that way.
And speaking of ineptitude, rounding out these legal follies is liberal Mayor Greenberg, who gleefully hired Gwinn-Villaroel back in June of 2023.
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Scottie Scheffler is due in court on June 3 after Louisville Police gave no indication that the four charges against the world No 1 golfer will be dropped. During the press conference, police chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel revealed that Detective Bryan Gillis did not turn on his body-worn camera – a violation of police policy. Officials also released two new videos of the moment Scheffler was put in handcuffs and arrested. They said on Thursday that they are not aware of any footage of the initial interaction between the golf star and police.
Scottie will fight this, and in the end, the only victim will be the city of Louisville, which should never be allowed to host another noteworthy event again. The Daily Mail piece goes on:
Following the short press conference, when neither the mayor nor cops took questions from the media, Scheffler’s attorney released a stinging statement.
‘(This) won’t impact my case at all. Our position is the same as it was last Friday. Scottie Scheffler didn’t do anything wrong, we’re not interested in settling the case, we’ll either try it or it will be dismissed,’ he said.
‘It’s very simple. All the evidence that continues to come out continues to support what Scottie said all along – this was a chaotic situation and a miscommunication and he didn’t do anything wrong.
‘We’re prepared to litigate the case if we need to. If we don’t need to, fine, but our position remains the same: it will either be dismissed or we’ll go to trial… we’ll let the process play out.
He added: ‘My role is to represent Scottie Scheffler and that’s what I’ll continue to do. Nothing has changed since my comment last week: he didn’t do anything wrong. We will go to trial or the case will be dismissed. We have no interest in settling the case, there are no discussions regarding that. We’re prepared to litigate as need be.
Romines was aware of the video which was subsequently released on Thursday. ‘I’ve seen everything that there is to see. Everything out there supports exactly what Scottie has said from the start.’
This is stunningly humiliating for Louisville, the mayor, the prosecutor, and the police department. The fact that they are now doubling down on it is absolutely mind-boggling. Sadly, our entire country has turned into one big joke thanks to failed left-wing policies, like this dangerous DEI agenda.
It appears he probably did nothing wrong, same cannot be said for the police.
I think that you are wrong about the locations. The fatal accident happened about a quarter of a mile from where Scotty Scheffler was driving. He was much closer to the entrance to the golf club than where the shuttle bus hit the pedestrian. Of course the propaganda media wants it to seem like Scheffler was getting in the way of the investigation of a fatal accident.
In reality, it was in the dark, in the rain and in unusual traffic patterns. Many of these golf clubs are in old money neighborhoods where the streets are small, not designed for heavy traffic.
The PGA Tour also removed an annual Tournament from Trump Doral and changed it to Mexico. Miami had hosted a tournament for 60 years but because of Trump’s comment …. they are not sending their best people … PGA tour accused him of racism and canceled.
The British Open has a rotating set of golf courses. Trump upgraded the Turnberry course to be one of the most beautiful anywhere. They canceled Trump out of the rotation.
The head of the PGA Tour back when all this was happening had an early career job working in the Jimmy Carter White House. That tells me all I need to know. I hope whoever is in charge now does not have the same hatred for Donald Trump.
PGA stole tournament wins from Dustin Johnson and others .. one was via a waste area on the 72nd hole of the 2010 PGA championship that fans had been walking thru / standing in.
PGA official deemed it a bunker - 2 stroke penalty by David Price - who said it took a while to get the crowd out of the sandy waste area.
Chad Reynolds, Nick Watney’s caddie said - Nick and I were wondering why Price was standing with us and not with Dustin. There are pictures of the three of them in the fairway during the commotion. They were wondering why the rules official - David Price was so far away.
Then Dustin Johnson and others joined LIV.
And if his name was Woods?
The PGA should tell the city.
SIMPLE, DROP ALL THESE CHARGES OR THERE WILL NOT BE ANOTHER PGA TOURNAMENT IN THIS CITY, EVER !!!!
Another reason to not support the PGA nor the LPGA.
Remember - “Is this a joke?” Lexi Thompson asked an LPGA rules official who had informed her between the 12th green and 13th tee of the final round of the ANA Championship that she was being assessed two two-stroke penalties for an inadvertent and nearly imperceptible violation made in the third round a DAY earlier.
A television viewer’s email had alerted officials to a DAY -old rules violation by Thompson for a 1-inch ball placement error. Her 3-shot lead had just been wiped out by a 4-shot penalty.
Lexi was assessed a two-shot penalty for putting her ball in the wrong spot, and then a two-shot penalty for signing a incorrect scorecard.
Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes.
I don't know what happened that day but I can tell you about my experience getting directions from a cop. I was a passenger in a car driving slowly through the center of a small town. We were stopped at an intersection when a very irate cop started hollering directions. We did what he told us to do and he went berserk. Either he was having a left-right confusion or suffering from roid rage but he wrote the driver a big ticket. We all went to court for the driver and the case was dismissed.
I've. always had very positive interactions with police but some people have had some very bad experiences. This particular cop had his own company that provides 'expert' police witnesses in accident cases. I suspect he was excited about the prospect of supplying police experts when the family of the man who died was sued.
I don’t think Scheffler knew about the fatal accident until later.
Your stupid false equivalence is embarrassing.
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