SocraticGadfly: The unbearable lightness of Scottie Scheffler

May 18, 2024

The unbearable lightness of Scottie Scheffler

By now, every golfing fan and his or her grandma has heard about the early Friday morning incident at the PGA Championship, that is, the arrest of Scottie Scheffler. Update Saturday May 18: "Shock me" that Louisville Metro Police say they have NO bodycam footage of the arrest. The first Tweet below takes on added seriousness. (For more on the serious angle, see below if you want to cut to the chase. You can always scroll back up to read the snark, and snark-cum-seriousness, in order.)

Of course, Twitter is the place to snark.

So, from earliest to latest posts on Friday by me, here you go:

First

Then

And

Next

And

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Update: More seriously, per the update above, pants-ripped Gillis either had no bodycam or else didn't have it turned on. And, yes, as Black folk often face:

[Louisville Metro Police] procedures states that officers are required to "maintain their BWC [body-worn camera] in a constant state of operational readiness."

"The BWC will be used to record all calls for service and law enforcement activities/encounters (e.g. arrests, citations, stops, pursuits, Code 3 operations/responses, searches, seizures, interviews, identifications, use of force incidents, collisions, transports, warrants, official conversations on departmental smartphones, etc.)," the procedures said. "Members are mandated to adhere to the following procedures in order to capture law enforcement-related activity."

The procedures further state that officers "will immediately activate their BWC in recording mode prior to engaging in all law enforcement activities or encounters."

There you go.  And, per the ESPN link above, since Scottie is not only White, but 0.1 percenter, if not 0.01 percenter, rich, the charges WILL be dropped. And, any legal action may be the city of Louisville and Louisville Metro PD lawyering up with immunity claims vs possible lawsuit.

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Back to the snark.

Followed by

Then

Followed by

And capped with:

And, that may be a wrap.

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Not quite a wrap. Not only were the charges dropped May 29, but we found out that Gillis has a bad record:

And is a cop grifting with a collision investigation service on the side.

Why did it take a rich White guy being arrested for this to all come to light?

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