This video seems to line up with what the witnesses saw, including the reporter that witnessed the entire event from start to finish and told the same story numerous times on Friday. He never once mentions anything about a cop being dragged, or anything like that. To my knowledge, not a single witness stated that. In seeing this footage, I also have to believe that if the officer was indeed dragged, even before what we see on the video, it would have led to a scramble of multiple offers chasing the vehicle. That does not appear to happen. It isn't until the cop slams his window and it escalates do other officers come to the car.
Which also makes me wonder if any other officers on the scene had their cameras on. If you just saw your fellow officer get dragged by a car, are you not turning on your camera to record what happens next? It is department policy. This whole thing makes the Louisville PD look like like fools and the city even worse for not dropping the charges today. Now the story and the embarrassment drag on even longer for them.
You are probably right about seeing multiple officers chasing the vehicle.
It wouldn't surprise me if the officer talked to him before the video, maybe fell, then ran after the vehicle.
If you listen to the eye-witness reporter (Darlington), his eye witness story does not match the video. Darlington said this of the incident.
"They told him to stop. When he didn't stop, the police officer attached himself to the vehicle. Scheffler then traveled another 10 yards before stopping the car. The police offer then grabbed at his arm attempting to pull him out of the car before Scheffler attempted to open the door."
Per the video, Darlington must have misremembered part of it. In the video, it doesn't look like officer attached himself to the car until after Scheffler stopped. Either Darlington was completely wrong about the 10 yards before stopping the car, or something happened when Scheffler was by the bus. Perhaps the 10 yards was while he was behind the bus, the cop fell to the ground, then chased after the car.
I don't really see other cops actively watching the incident, either.
Either way, the felony charge seems excessive, but the other charges don't seem egregious.