Even world #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler is not exempt from the duality of Joe Biden’s justice system.
While Ivy League students and illegal immigrants walk free without any charges after assaulting and disrespecting police authorities, Scheffler, who is playing round 2 of the PGA Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, was arrested and slapped with criminal cases while he was rushing to enter the golf course on Friday.
As Scheffler rushes to the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club, the venue for the PGA Championship, he was stopped by traffic outside the golf course after a shuttle bus ran over John Mills, a vendor at the tournament, and killed him at 5 am ET.
Detective Bryan Gillis allegedly stopped the PGA legend for instructions but “refused to comply and accelerated forward.”
But witnesses saw otherwise. According to ESPN reporter Jeff Darlington, “The police officer attempted to attach himself to Scheffler’s car, and Scheffler then stopped his vehicle at the entrance to Valhalla. The police officer then began to scream at Scheffler to get out of the car. When Scheffler exited the vehicle, the officer shoved Scheffler against the car and immediately placed him in handcuffs.”
According to the police report, Gillis “suffered pain, swelling, and abrasions to his left wrist and knee.”
Although, there is no body cam recording to prove these allegations.
Scheffler was immediately arrested, forced to wear a prisoner’s shirt, and faced “charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.”
He was later released and managed to compete in the tournament.
Scheffler remarked, “I feel like my head is still spinning.”
“I can’t really explain what happened this morning. I was pretty rattled, to say the least. I was never angry. I was just in shock. I was shaking for like an hour.”
The arraignment for his case is on Tuesday, but media outlets predict the charges against him will not push through.
The following day, Mayor Craig Greenberg of Louisville noted that the officer failed to turn on his body cam, and there was no footage of the incident.
The #1 golfer, in a statement on Friday, emphasized that the disastrous event was a “big misunderstanding.”
On Instagram, he wrote: “It was a very chaotic situation, understandably so considering the tragic accident that had occurred earlier, and there was a big misunderstanding of what I thought I was being asked to do. I never intended to disregard any of the instructions. I’m hopeful to put this to the side and focus on golf today.”
He also sympathized with the vendor and his family, “Of course, all of us involved in the tournament express our deepest sympathies to the family of the man who passed away in the earlier accident this morning. It truly puts everything in perspective.”
Despite all these, Scheffler’s arrest garnered him more fans and instant popularity in the field.
With only 50 hours since his arrest, on Sunday, the world’s #1 golfer stroked magnificently back on track after the chaos last Friday, which affected his play at the PGA Championship.
His Sunday’s performance left him five strokes behind leader Xander Schauffele, for now.
