***Scottie Scheffler Arrest Thread***
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Police reports are just there to assist in getting convictions. aka getting money.
Still going on this huh? JFC. There’s nothing missing . Cops are ******** and power trippers. This isn’t some big mystery.
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.
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.
It is like saying "most people are not murderers, so I'm going to give the murderers a pass". Saying "all cops are not bad" does not mean we shouldn't do everything we can to root out the actual bad cops.
I don't think we know enough to say this guy is a "bad cop" but we almost certainly know (and most people correctly pointed out right away) is that he way overreacted and seemed to be on a good power trip.
Scary thing is they charged Scottie with a felony. If this was a Joe Schmoe, they likely double down and might actually pursue these charges. I would guess that is what most people are pissed about. Remember George Floyd's initial police report? He suffered a "medical emergency" while being arrested. All too often these police reports are not reports but the way cops want them to read.
Imagine the **** they got away with before camera phones.
It's how DA's get easy convictions. Grossly overcharge people and offer to drop it to a lesser charge. You can try and prove your innocence but risk something like a felony over something minor. Lot of people will cop to the plea whether innocent or guilty.
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.
A lot of overly aggressive people become cops. It may not be the situation that caused the overreaction as you are speculating… it might just be this persons nature.
Has anyone started a GoFundMe for the $80 pants damaged beyond repair?
This is just me...but after reading "suspended for doing donuts drunk in his police car"..this guy is completely at fault and Scheffler clearly didn't do anything wrong.
If anything the cop is probably guilty of stuff we don't even know about just in this one incident.
They never do that. I think it's pretty much impossible for them to have remorse or admit a mistake.
My local police chief defended his guys for beating the crap out of a harmless 90 lb NPR reporter. Within minutes of his false statements, footage was released by CBS that proved him a total liar. They dropped charges but never admitted they were wrong, admitted they lied or apologized. The craziest part of the lie was chief of police claimed she didn't identify herself as a reporter but the CBS video shows her credential badge and you can even hear her screaming the name of her radio station. The guy was successfully primaried out for that and a lot of other lies, might still have his job if he just ever told the truth.
This isn’t a one bad cop situation, any of them could have prevented that wild overreaction from turning into a guy going to jail charged with felonies. It’s not the one cop that lied about what happened in the police report, and it’s not one bad actor that didn’t get the charges dropped after it was obvious what happened.
This is an example of a rotten system, not one guy who sucks at his job.
This is an example of a rotten system, not one guy who sucks at his job.
Do I believe the cop was a d-ck? Yes. Do I think Scottie likely misunderstood the directions and/or the expectation of the cop? Yes. Do I think the cop overreacted? Yes.
Even if something occurred behind the bus before we can see the Car in the video, it is obvious the car was not moving at a speed which would require a cop to hang onto or jump onto the car. Also, if he had truly been dragged by the car, why don’t we see more aggression by the other cops?
Bad situation created by an overzealous cop it appears.
Even if something occurred behind the bus before we can see the Car in the video, it is obvious the car was not moving at a speed which would require a cop to hang onto or jump onto the car. Also, if he had truly been dragged by the car, why don’t we see more aggression by the other cops?
Bad situation created by an overzealous cop it appears.
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There’s not a jury in the world who would convict him on any counts with the evidence we have
- Eyewitness reports
- Video that doesn’t show anything other than the cop chasing him down
- Scottie’s reputation
- Cop’s previous suspensions
When I was an umpire, it was a rule #1 that you don’t overrule your partner unless they call TO and ask you what happened. So as not to show him up. Even if you know he made the wrong call.
I wonder if the PD has the same mentality
