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War Damn Eagle / Slow Day, So Cops And PGA
« Last post by Snaggletiger on Today at 10:30:27 AM »Ain't a lot going on in the sports world, at least not much that we all care about. But one item of note: The World's #1 golfer, Scottie Scheffler, was cuffed and stuffed this morning while on his way to the course for the second round of the PGA Championship.
The PGA is one of the four Majors, so there's a ton more eyes on the happenings. What we know to this point is, there was a traffic fatality somewhere near the course entrance. Have no idea how far away, but it apparently was a pedestrian struck by a tour bus. Anyway, cops were all around directing traffic etc. Scheffler drives up in an SUV, clearly marked to signify he was a PGA golfer. Reports are that a policeman shouted at him to stop, and when he didn't, a cop "attached himself to the vehicle". Eye witness report said Scheffler drove another 10 yards before stopping. The cop pulls him from the car and immediately cuffs him, puts him in the back of a cruiser. He goes to jail, changes into a pumpkin suit and gets his mug shot taken. Charged with, among other things, assault on a police officer.
From what I've heard, other golfers had already been waved through ahead of Scheffler, and that the traffic fatality had occurred some time earlier. Why he was stopped, I have no idea.
I'm a back the blue kind of guy. And I'm not advocating for any special treatment of anyone, much less Scottie Scheffler. But this sounds over the top to me. Attaching yourself to the car? Really? Use a little common sense here. Just get the tag number and write the man a ticket if he did wrong.
The PGA is one of the four Majors, so there's a ton more eyes on the happenings. What we know to this point is, there was a traffic fatality somewhere near the course entrance. Have no idea how far away, but it apparently was a pedestrian struck by a tour bus. Anyway, cops were all around directing traffic etc. Scheffler drives up in an SUV, clearly marked to signify he was a PGA golfer. Reports are that a policeman shouted at him to stop, and when he didn't, a cop "attached himself to the vehicle". Eye witness report said Scheffler drove another 10 yards before stopping. The cop pulls him from the car and immediately cuffs him, puts him in the back of a cruiser. He goes to jail, changes into a pumpkin suit and gets his mug shot taken. Charged with, among other things, assault on a police officer.
From what I've heard, other golfers had already been waved through ahead of Scheffler, and that the traffic fatality had occurred some time earlier. Why he was stopped, I have no idea.
I'm a back the blue kind of guy. And I'm not advocating for any special treatment of anyone, much less Scottie Scheffler. But this sounds over the top to me. Attaching yourself to the car? Really? Use a little common sense here. Just get the tag number and write the man a ticket if he did wrong.