The “official report” leaves out the policeman involved was not part of the cops assigned to help manage the visitors and golfers attending the tournament, and that Scottie was not alone, as a golfer, trying to go around the traffic bottleneck. Did the policeman not understand Scottie was one of the persons who were supposed to get access, including the bypassing of the traffic jam?
A further “report” claimed the officer reached his hand inside the diver’s side window in an attempt to open the door of Scottie’s vehicle, after which the vehicle accelerated forward, ending with the “incident” that created Scotties’s arrest.
“The “official report” leaves out the policeman involved was not part of the cops assigned to help manage the visitors and golfers attending the tournament”
Why would a cop be trying to work the event when you have a fatal accident right at the entrance. He’s a cop doing his job.
“...that Scottie was not alone, as a golfer, trying to go around the traffic bottleneck...”
“Traffic outside the golf course had been stopped after a man was struck and killed by a shuttle bus around 5 a.m. ET.”
“Did the policeman not understand Scottie was one of the persons who were supposed to get access, including the bypassing of the traffic jam?”
Outside of the course, he is a citizen with no special priviliges. And he changed into the lane that contained oncoming traffic that was being controlled by police. He broke the law.
“A further “report” claimed the officer reached his hand inside the diver’s side window in an attempt to open the door of Scottie’s vehicle, after which the vehicle accelerated forward, ending with the “incident” that created Scotties’s arrest.”
Where’s the report, I’d love to see that one. Even if it’s true, a driver pulls into oncoming traffic out of stopped traffic, the cops stop him and they are expected not to investigate what he’s doing that is so dangeroius to many people?
Also, the incident that created Scottie’s arrest could have started when he acted in an unsafe driving action.
He was charged with second-degree assault of a police officer, a felony charge, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. Dragging the cop was just part of it.
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