I don't care for rich folk but the cops definitely got over zealous on this. The police are everyone's problem.
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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You got to watch those golfers...such a violent sport!
Was the officer Bob Barker?
I may be against the fur trade, but that won't stop me from skinning you alive!
The price is wrong!!!!
So he just teed off. Fucking wild how quickly he got processed. Almost like there is a warp speed drive for the rich.
It's not just that he's rich. It's that if he didn't get released, a PGA event wasn't ever happening in Louisville again. At least in this case police overreach didn't cause significant harm.
So it's because he's rich and has even richer friends.
The cop "attached" himself to the vehicle. So he is being charged with assault on a police officer because the cop chose to assault himself rather than just pulling the driver over like a sane person.
So far there's no video of what actually happened as far as I know. That means whatever the cops said is almost definitely not the truth.
Exactly. Especially with resisting arrest or assaulting an officer charges. Cause they love to throw those charges at people as punishment and escalation to create an arrest where there was otherwise no legal basis for one.
The cop clung to the car as the golfer drove ten yards. I’m guessing that is the “assault” against the cop.
The cop is hospitalized, so he may have hurt himself pretty badly.
Sucks to suck. Maybe he should have considered the consequences of his actions prior to doing said actions.
Maybe the millionaire golfer could've done the same?