The prevailing reaction to the new videos released by Louisville PD on Thursday surrounding Scottie Scheffler’s arrest ahead of the second round of last week’s PGA Championship was a big: “That’s it?!”
Although the angles of the cameras and the dark and wet conditions made it hard to see, there’s really not a lot in them. The arresting officer, who has been disciplined for failing to activate his body camera, appears to run after Scheffler’s SUV before banging on it to get him to stop. Moments later, Scheffler gets out of the vehicle, is put in handcuffs and led away.
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Again, it’s possible something else happened before the cameras picked it up, but there’s not much there. And certainly nothing that would count as “dragging” the officer as the official police report said. But the four charges, including second-degree assault of a police officer, are not being dropped, and Scheffler’s lawyer says they will go to trial if necessary. After watching these videos, however, one former PGA Tour pro was left wondering something else.
That police report also noted that in addition to minor injuries, “Detective Gillis’ uniform pants, valued at approximately $80, were damaged beyond repair.” That led to the following tweet from Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano:
The seven-time DP World Tour winner misspelled Scottie’s name, but he has point. Because there’s nothing in those videos that shows Gillis’ pants being destroyed. If this were a “Seinfeld” episode, you can just imagine those pants becoming evidence at the trial and Scheffler’s lawyer arguing, “If the pants aren’t torn to sh–, then you must acquit!”
OK, we’re getting carried away here. And as Golf.com’s Dylan Dethier pointed out, there is one part of one video that seems to show Detective Gillis motioning to his pants.
So the (pants) plot thickens. In any event, we really didn’t get much info today on the matter—other than the fact that it seems far from over.
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This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
