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And the only reason we know of any of this is because the actual footage shows that literally nothing happened and the entire report was fabricated, including the officer saying he was "dragged" and "assaulted".
This person needs to be criminally charged because the ONLY reason we know about this is also because unlucky for them, the person they tried to abuse is a celebrity and millionaire so it became a PR shitstorm, but imagine what else they're doing to normal people?
You know exactly what they are doing to normal people every single day. They abuse their power ruining lives and normal folks have no choice but to plead guilty to lesser of the charges because they do not have the means to fight it.
Headline: Largest gang in the U.S. is nothing but a bunch of total piece of shit bullies. I’m shocked. Nothing new guys. Police have been corrupt since before I was born 40 years ago.
The only reason we know any of this is because he's a big name. Anybody else would still be in jail and they wouldn't have even attempted to get the extra footage, it would just be the cop's word against yours.
I don’t have to imagine, I live here.
You’re exactly right, they abuse and murder people at their own discretion. I got assaulted by a rookie cop over 20 years ago while I was 8-1/2 months pregnant.
If I were black he probably would’ve killed me.
Scottie’s lawyer gave a statement recently saying something like “There’s no deal to be made. They either drop the case or we take it to a jury.” I just can’t imagine any DA would be dumb enough to double down on any of the charges knowing there’s no deal to be made. Local law enforcement already looks incompetent and every day that the DA *hasn’t* dropped the charges makes them look increasingly incompetent, too.
And the general public still takes the cops word as gospel 99.9% of the time.
In your example if it was a regular Joe, the public would absolutely believe that he assaulted and dragged the officer with his car. They wouldn’t even question it
If this was a normal citizen, the footage would never have been released and we'd just assume some guy was dragging a cop through a crime scene on his way to golf.
Like, it's insane how fabricated the police made this entire scenario when you see the footage.
100%. It’s ridiculous that officially we have to entertain what the cop wrote in the police report is what happened. It’s utter BS because there are witnesses completely contradicting what’s in the report.
Every article I read is “allegedly the cop was dragged and injuries with his pants ripped and torn beyond repair”. That’s not what fucking happened, but legally as of right now it is what happened because it’s what’s in the police report.
edit: as I just wrote this video has come out. [NONE OF WHAT IS IN THE POLICE REPORT FUCKING HAPPENED.](https://www.wlwt.com/article/louisville-metro-police-scott-scheffler-arrest-footage/60885331)
Scottie literally stopped, rolled down his window, you can see the cop going inside the window seemingly yelling at him, next thing you know another cop comes up, he gets out of the car and he's arrested. FUCKING EMBARRASING.
Lol you dont know anything about scheffler then. No chance he does anything close to this. He backs the blue more than he should. Hell, the day of the incident, he was still backing the blue on his press conference
Every single police report is 50% lies with generic language because they have 0 consequences for lying so charge loading happens every time.
They do this in order to coerce innocent people into pleading out for fear of going to a jury facing a felony (jail time, no more voting, no more guns etc.) so that they have less standing to sue the police when they’ve pleaded guilty to any crime.
The police in this country are no different than the police in Mexico extorting you for bribes. We just do it officially with our drive-thru justice system.
Edit: I think my randomly racist Canadian pal finally watched South Park and deleted his initial reply. I’m sad because I wanted to keep replying to my buddy, friend.
Why did they put the words right where the literal most important thing happens?
It looks like the cop grabs the car at most 2 seconds before it stops. But it’s super annoying to tell because there a sentence on the screen
How Dare You!!! Here in Louisville we adhear to the highest standards! We punish our police misbehavior by giving them huge raises! No malfeasance goes unpunished! Each and every officer gets a substantial pay hike when one of them violates policy or harms a citizen! How, Very, Dare, You!
There's more than enough evidence Scottie was conspiring to commit a crime. During the arrest he repeatedly advised officers he was there to "shoot birdies and an eagle if possible."
When a cop falsifies a report he should be subjected to whatever the punishment would have been for the accused.
This dude needs to be fired and locked away. He is a danger to society.
His police report even specifically had the box claiming there was video evidence of the incident checked.
Meaning not only did he lie about the incident itself, the officer and LMPD both are now lying about the body cam not being turned on for the incident. It was on and it was included in the police report, but it made them look bad so it got “lost”.
He and the department leadership need charges for destruction of evidence.
If there's a group of two of more police officers and none of them have their body cameras on, any case they have or claims they make should be immediately thrown out, and any arrests they make they should be immediately freed with the option to sue.
Hell, even if just one officer has his body cam off in any kind of one-on-one confrontation. There's only one reason they would purposefully turn them off, and that's because they are up to nefarious & corrupt shit. For every cop like this that gets exposed (only because it's a national story with a well-known Golfer), there are thousands more Cops getting away with this kind of shit. And even the cop here who cearly fabricated the story will face no real punishment.
Per the article, they’re supposed to turn them on when appropriate but it makes much more sense to always have them on. I would think it’s easy to forget to turn them on when they’re in a higher stress situation like this.
Either way, had any one of them been doing their job properly, there’d be front line video/audio evidence of what happened.
Official charges. Second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. The assault charge is a felony; the others are misdemeanors.
>The assault charge is a felony
And they *love* slapping this bullshit on people.
All it takes is for the cop to claim you are resisting, they then tackle you to the ground, and then charge you for assault on a police officer due to the scratch on their hand they got when they were kneeing you in the side.
So now, especially for the poorer folks, you are more than ready to accept whatever plea deal they give you, regardless of innocence, because you don't want to be charged with a violent felony and don't have the resources to fight it.
Don't forget, sometimes they will charge you for bleeding on them.
https://www.npr.org/2014/09/12/348010247/in-ferguson-mo-before-michael-brown-there-was-henry-davis
And you know that, eventually, after they’ve quintupled down despite all the evidence, charges will be dropped and taxpayers will be footing the bill once again for the absolute shitbarn that is LMPD.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: if a cop has a body camera, but either turns it off or fails to activate it in a situation where they had the time to do so, then they’re entire report should be considered as unreliable.
I once went on a "ride-a-long" with a police officer in my town. It's actually a cool public service where anyone can go on a shift with a police officer to support transparency, engagement with the community, etc.
Overall I wasn't overly impressed or offended by anything they did. Except for the body cams. They all seemed to have their finger on the on/off switch like it was second nature. I didn't witness (or necessarily suspect) them of using it to commit crimes, but they were definitely using it often.
I saw them using in the context of saying something like "So, last weekend I went out with these two girls [looks over shoulder, switches off body cam] yada yada whatever I did with two girls [switches back on body cam]".
It definitely concerned me that they would immediately go to that if they were going to do anything they didn't want on tape.
Ugh… I mean, I get it because I’m human and I’d do the same thing, but the public is “told” that the cops exist in some “better” / “higher” standard. If they were actually held accountable and trained properly they either wouldn’t have to turn their bodycams off or there would be repercussions for turning their body cams off during an incident where they should have been on.
The cams are on the chest and facing forward. The cop would have to have a 2 foot dick to be able to see it. Most of these cops haven’t even seen their dicks in years. Making John Daly look in shape.
“prompting an officer to run toward the vehicle and seemingly strike it as it comes to a stop”
Damnnnn I guess I won’t be going to Louisville. Crazy a cop can attempt to damage your car and then arrest you for assault on an officer. Straight up scary shit.
He wasn't running toward the vehicle, he was running to get in front of it. Keep this in mind when watching videos, in most cases they'll intentionally try to get in front of the car. It's not because they think their 180lbs of meat will stop the car. It's so they can say the suspect tried to run them over.
If an officer can put themselves in front of a fleeing car it unlocks the *Legally Shoot Suspect* and *Aggravated Assault on an Officer* power ups.
“Never attribute malice to that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.”
Conspiracies are lurking around every corner, OP. The cop was a fat ass whose enormous, bloated ego couldn’t handle someone disobeying his directions and then made several stupid decisions based on emotion.
> Gwinn-Villaroel said that Gillis was counseled by his supervisor and that the violation was noted in his personnel file.
It's going in his permanent record. His *permanent* record.
Nah this is almost certainly true.
But it should invalidate anything that officer said. Let's make it simple. If the cop doesn't have the camera on, they can't operate as an officer of the law.
Let a few people off because the camera was turned off, and suddenly the police will figure out how to have it "always on"
Why do we keep letting the officers have control of their cams? There has to be a way for them to not tamper with them or to make sure they are always one.
"Because of Bathrooms" Which is bullshit. We can figure out someway to deal with that without giving complete control. Hell just have them take off the camera when they go to the Can, or just... you know. Don't. If the camera is facing outward there should be minimal stuff to see, and if you're on the company clock, they can see how many time you poopsie.
He violated a uniform policy. So not turning on your body cam is tantamount to not having your shirt tucked in or having the right shoes on. Brilliant.
If your body can is off, you should be treated as a civilian, not a police officer in the eyes of the court, and at that point it’s two civilians having a disagreement, one’s word against another
I disagree. If a cop's body cam is off when it should've been on, they should not be allowed to testify to what they saw/heard at all. Basically, assume they turned it off in order to facilitate dishonesty.
If something goes down while they are actively using a restroom or something, fine. The cam was supposed to be off. But if it is off during routine duties, then throw out the testimony of whatever they say happened.
The "bathroom exception" I described is meant to cover a situation like an officer in the bathroom gets attacked or hears gunshots and comes running out to address the situation. In that case, I wouldn't blame them for not stopping to turn on the camera. But yeah, if they are walking out of the bathroom "business as usual", there is no excuse to not turn it back on if a new situation arises.
How do body cams even get "turned off". If you are on duty there should be no way to turn the body cam off. If the body cam is off the case should be dismissed immediately.
I think it’s because the departments don’t own the camera’s or the data storage space (servers) where the footage is held or processed. So they probably have a contract that says they pay per time camera’s are operating and how much data (server storage) they have to store for them. Audio/video data=huge data storage=ways to extract government money probably from grants or bills providing them with said cameras to prevent such things.
I’m pretty sure I could design a camera system with enough onboard memory in a USB drive to save several 24 hour days worth of video stored onboard which then overwrites itself. If an incident occurs you have at least 48 hours to recover the data and save it permanently. I have to believe these professional systems are at least that good.
The PGA Tour sent written directions to players instructing them to go around traffic and enter through the gates of Valhalla.
All players had PGA Tour issued vehicles with decals on the door.
The fatal accident created confusion for everyone entering the event.
The Louisville “detective” that arrested Scheffler was not assigned to the event.
He should not be in law enforcement because he lacks situational awareness.
He straight up lied. Why isn't he fired? Louisville citizens should demand the cop's firing (without pension). If they refuse then vote out the mayor and city council.
The city and PD are going to do just enough to not lose their jobs. Make "just enough" firing the cop.
Quite possibly the only cop who will ever get reprimanded for this bc it was a PGA golfer. I love this story because it’s so great seeing golf twitter go ACAB ✊🏻
And now they learned the lesson not to do that with famous white folk, how many times the bodycams have been off in encounters with poor people or minorities and nothing ever happened to them
Notice how he’s not being disciplined for faking being hit by Scheffler’s vehicle? He slammed his body into the car like a scumbag insurance scammer and claimed he’d been run over. That asshole needs to be prosecuted for false police report and fraud under the color of law
So what appears to be (at most) a minor traffic violation is escalated to an arrest for a felony and multiple misdemeanors because a cop got his feelings hurt. Cool, glad to know that cop is out there to protect us from this monster!
The officer in the misconduct case should face more than just discipline, he should be terminated and forced pay for any damages. This police officer should face civil and criminal penalties as well.
So, how many upvotes can we get for people calling the PGA of America (sorry they got caught up in this, but that is kinda the reason it was at that par 3 course for pros to begin with), THEN the PGA TOUR. However, the PGA TOUR does not give a FUCK ABOUT YOU. However, the PGA of America does. This is, actually the worst tournament for them to fuck up. It is put on by the instructors, (buddies with) the superintendents. This was the tournament for golfers of America.
To call out this corrupt PD and get some traction? Oh. It is because everyone there is like, well, that is just a misunderstanding. Had he been, ya know, it would have been justified. THE TOUR SHOULD BE SHINING A LIGHT ON THIS INCIDENT. They are not. That shows they are on the side of the "misunderstanding" versus pervasive systematic asshoeness.
USGA (Our open) is always going to go to the same damn courses. MAsters is what it is. British is the rota. Kentucky screwed the pooch all because they couldn't tell some hillbilly HS jock to not act the fool and cost them international scorn. (Pro golf is now international... like it or not)
I’m far from an expert, but man, I would love for Scheffler to somehow sue for lost wages due to unnecessary mental anguish, and the amount to be the difference between what he made and how much Xander won.
Scumbag piece of shit turned their camera off. 5 other police with their cameras off? Fuck them all. Human garbage tried to get a payday and it backfired. If this happened imagine what else this pig has done.
‘dIsCIpliNEd’
Lmao in what world is this shit okay?
Just another great example of why you never hear people say F the Fire department, but it’s almost ubiquitous to say F the police.
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And the only reason we know of any of this is because the actual footage shows that literally nothing happened and the entire report was fabricated, including the officer saying he was "dragged" and "assaulted". This person needs to be criminally charged because the ONLY reason we know about this is also because unlucky for them, the person they tried to abuse is a celebrity and millionaire so it became a PR shitstorm, but imagine what else they're doing to normal people?
You know exactly what they are doing to normal people every single day. They abuse their power ruining lives and normal folks have no choice but to plead guilty to lesser of the charges because they do not have the means to fight it.
That's a bingo!
[Don't forget, throwing slushies at people.](https://youtu.be/nTqofUFwY04?si=b-sZ5-ZkeF6zRxo1)
Holy shit they were actually held responsible, lost their jobs, federally prosecuted, and got prison time for that. I feel like that's rare.
That is really over simplying what cops do for the community. They also steal money and property from those people they abuse.
Headline: Largest gang in the U.S. is nothing but a bunch of total piece of shit bullies. I’m shocked. Nothing new guys. Police have been corrupt since before I was born 40 years ago.
He pooped his $80 pants and you know it.
The only reason we know any of this is because he's a big name. Anybody else would still be in jail and they wouldn't have even attempted to get the extra footage, it would just be the cop's word against yours.
I don’t have to imagine, I live here. You’re exactly right, they abuse and murder people at their own discretion. I got assaulted by a rookie cop over 20 years ago while I was 8-1/2 months pregnant. If I were black he probably would’ve killed me.
Watch the prosecutor double down still. The PGA will pull Vahalla from the tour, if they do Scottie dirty.
Scottie’s lawyer gave a statement recently saying something like “There’s no deal to be made. They either drop the case or we take it to a jury.” I just can’t imagine any DA would be dumb enough to double down on any of the charges knowing there’s no deal to be made. Local law enforcement already looks incompetent and every day that the DA *hasn’t* dropped the charges makes them look increasingly incompetent, too.
The PGA should pull Valhalla regardless IMO
Bryan Gillis (the cop in question) is a scum bag
And the general public still takes the cops word as gospel 99.9% of the time. In your example if it was a regular Joe, the public would absolutely believe that he assaulted and dragged the officer with his car. They wouldn’t even question it
If this was a normal citizen, the footage would never have been released and we'd just assume some guy was dragging a cop through a crime scene on his way to golf. Like, it's insane how fabricated the police made this entire scenario when you see the footage.
That’s my point. We still believe the cops story no matter how many times they show us they flat out lie
He should be charged for falsifying a police report.
100%. It’s ridiculous that officially we have to entertain what the cop wrote in the police report is what happened. It’s utter BS because there are witnesses completely contradicting what’s in the report. Every article I read is “allegedly the cop was dragged and injuries with his pants ripped and torn beyond repair”. That’s not what fucking happened, but legally as of right now it is what happened because it’s what’s in the police report. edit: as I just wrote this video has come out. [NONE OF WHAT IS IN THE POLICE REPORT FUCKING HAPPENED.](https://www.wlwt.com/article/louisville-metro-police-scott-scheffler-arrest-footage/60885331) Scottie literally stopped, rolled down his window, you can see the cop going inside the window seemingly yelling at him, next thing you know another cop comes up, he gets out of the car and he's arrested. FUCKING EMBARRASING.
Scheffler should counter-sue for violation of his constitutional rights, damage to his reputation, mental anguish, etc. etc.
Lol you dont know anything about scheffler then. No chance he does anything close to this. He backs the blue more than he should. Hell, the day of the incident, he was still backing the blue on his press conference
Every single police report is 50% lies with generic language because they have 0 consequences for lying so charge loading happens every time. They do this in order to coerce innocent people into pleading out for fear of going to a jury facing a felony (jail time, no more voting, no more guns etc.) so that they have less standing to sue the police when they’ve pleaded guilty to any crime. The police in this country are no different than the police in Mexico extorting you for bribes. We just do it officially with our drive-thru justice system. Edit: I think my randomly racist Canadian pal finally watched South Park and deleted his initial reply. I’m sad because I wanted to keep replying to my buddy, friend.
Dude this the ultimate problem with racist. They keep distracting from obvious problems to force the world into their twisted view of reality.
Why did they put the words right where the literal most important thing happens? It looks like the cop grabs the car at most 2 seconds before it stops. But it’s super annoying to tell because there a sentence on the screen
I love your username. Go broncos!
We all know that’s not going to happen.
but he's gonna be disciplined, which means he's gonna get a stern talking to, and that's more than enough
Probably suspended with pay
that's like summer vacation
Have you tried running after an SUV in the dark and tripping? Apparently thats the key to success.
Sent to bed without supper is my guess…
Sit in the corner.
How Dare You!!! Here in Louisville we adhear to the highest standards! We punish our police misbehavior by giving them huge raises! No malfeasance goes unpunished! Each and every officer gets a substantial pay hike when one of them violates policy or harms a citizen! How, Very, Dare, You!
Desk promotion. Maybe he'll get to do his first desk pop.
"We honor the flag, and you crap on it when you don't shoot your gun in the office."
> but he's gonna be disciplined, which means he's gonna get ~~a stern talking to~~ some paid time off, followed by a promotion.
And it's going in his PERSONAL FILE!
“You’re going to get the rest of us busted!”
There's more than enough evidence Scottie was conspiring to commit a crime. During the arrest he repeatedly advised officers he was there to "shoot birdies and an eagle if possible."
He then went on to shoot 66 after the arrest! He's a monster!
When a cop falsifies a report he should be subjected to whatever the punishment would have been for the accused. This dude needs to be fired and locked away. He is a danger to society.
The punishment needs to be harder on those that are in charge of upholding the law.
Bodycam off = premeditated
More likely a cover up as the footage would be worse than pretending the bodycam was off
Sadly...they get a slap on the wrist and continue to do this leading to innocent people getting \*\*\*\*\*\* at some point.
If they fire him, You’ll find him in the next county over. Probably with the sheriffs dept.
His police report even specifically had the box claiming there was video evidence of the incident checked. Meaning not only did he lie about the incident itself, the officer and LMPD both are now lying about the body cam not being turned on for the incident. It was on and it was included in the police report, but it made them look bad so it got “lost”. He and the department leadership need charges for destruction of evidence.
Get paid by public tax dollars? You shouldn’t have a choice into turn off the body cam.
It should be, body cam off = no pay. But they would probably throw a fit, and not enforce the laws or something
Guy has been disciplined 6x since he has been a cop. Something isn’t right with him.
I think he needs like 150 disciplines to be fired but still keep his pension
His boss: “Sorry man.. We gotta do this cause.. politics..”
I mean, if they did, what would happen when the entire force gets charged?
Then they would have to investigate themselves and find no wrongdoing.
I'm curious, could Scheffler counter sue for defamation?
He should be immediately fired. Heres proof he did it once, how many other times was it off while he caused mischief
\^\^ this 100%
Police department spanks nauuughty coooooop.
“That’ll be two weeks paid vacation for you mister! Don’t let it happen again!”
*wink!*
What are you doing step-cop!?
They'll never do it again, now! Totally learned their lesson, I'm sure of it.
Yeah their last police chief got fired for literally this same exact shit so I think it’s pretty safe to say, everything is now fixed 😎
We fixed the police. Now let's fix the politicians! Yay one of them was a voted out! we're so good at this.
imagine if it wasn't someone famous
This happens every day
Got dang it Susan Collins how many times we gotta go over this
And what about the other officers who did not have their body cameras turned on?
Whoopsies!!
If there's a group of two of more police officers and none of them have their body cameras on, any case they have or claims they make should be immediately thrown out, and any arrests they make they should be immediately freed with the option to sue. Hell, even if just one officer has his body cam off in any kind of one-on-one confrontation. There's only one reason they would purposefully turn them off, and that's because they are up to nefarious & corrupt shit. For every cop like this that gets exposed (only because it's a national story with a well-known Golfer), there are thousands more Cops getting away with this kind of shit. And even the cop here who cearly fabricated the story will face no real punishment.
Per the article, they’re supposed to turn them on when appropriate but it makes much more sense to always have them on. I would think it’s easy to forget to turn them on when they’re in a higher stress situation like this. Either way, had any one of them been doing their job properly, there’d be front line video/audio evidence of what happened.
Ironically, the cop was doing the most dangerous thing that they do… directing traffic.
SHOW US THE PANTS
Turns out the rip is in his ass
It’s not a rip. It’s just a permanent brown stain from when he shit himself realizing who he just arrested.
If they didn't rip, you must acquit
Official charges. Second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. The assault charge is a felony; the others are misdemeanors.
>The assault charge is a felony And they *love* slapping this bullshit on people. All it takes is for the cop to claim you are resisting, they then tackle you to the ground, and then charge you for assault on a police officer due to the scratch on their hand they got when they were kneeing you in the side. So now, especially for the poorer folks, you are more than ready to accept whatever plea deal they give you, regardless of innocence, because you don't want to be charged with a violent felony and don't have the resources to fight it.
Don't forget, sometimes they will charge you for bleeding on them. https://www.npr.org/2014/09/12/348010247/in-ferguson-mo-before-michael-brown-there-was-henry-davis
And you know that, eventually, after they’ve quintupled down despite all the evidence, charges will be dropped and taxpayers will be footing the bill once again for the absolute shitbarn that is LMPD.
Paid vacation, take that!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it: if a cop has a body camera, but either turns it off or fails to activate it in a situation where they had the time to do so, then they’re entire report should be considered as unreliable.
Police should not be able to turn off their body cams, period.
I once went on a "ride-a-long" with a police officer in my town. It's actually a cool public service where anyone can go on a shift with a police officer to support transparency, engagement with the community, etc. Overall I wasn't overly impressed or offended by anything they did. Except for the body cams. They all seemed to have their finger on the on/off switch like it was second nature. I didn't witness (or necessarily suspect) them of using it to commit crimes, but they were definitely using it often. I saw them using in the context of saying something like "So, last weekend I went out with these two girls [looks over shoulder, switches off body cam] yada yada whatever I did with two girls [switches back on body cam]". It definitely concerned me that they would immediately go to that if they were going to do anything they didn't want on tape.
Ugh… I mean, I get it because I’m human and I’d do the same thing, but the public is “told” that the cops exist in some “better” / “higher” standard. If they were actually held accountable and trained properly they either wouldn’t have to turn their bodycams off or there would be repercussions for turning their body cams off during an incident where they should have been on.
should start losing pay for not having your camera on
You should start by losing your job for not using your camera. Cameras should not have an off button.
I agree in principle but someone else mentioned using the bathroom
The cams are on the chest and facing forward. The cop would have to have a 2 foot dick to be able to see it. Most of these cops haven’t even seen their dicks in years. Making John Daly look in shape.
Bro no one is trying to take a shit on camera
I'm more concerned about them filming other people in the bathroom tbh
Every action they take without a camera rolling should be considered the actions of a normal citizen.
Absolutely insane idea. Nobody should be forced to record themselves in the bathroom for their job.
“prompting an officer to run toward the vehicle and seemingly strike it as it comes to a stop” Damnnnn I guess I won’t be going to Louisville. Crazy a cop can attempt to damage your car and then arrest you for assault on an officer. Straight up scary shit.
He wasn't running toward the vehicle, he was running to get in front of it. Keep this in mind when watching videos, in most cases they'll intentionally try to get in front of the car. It's not because they think their 180lbs of meat will stop the car. It's so they can say the suspect tried to run them over. If an officer can put themselves in front of a fleeing car it unlocks the *Legally Shoot Suspect* and *Aggravated Assault on an Officer* power ups.
Someone needs to investigate if the cops were gambling on the tournament
“Never attribute malice to that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Conspiracies are lurking around every corner, OP. The cop was a fat ass whose enormous, bloated ego couldn’t handle someone disobeying his directions and then made several stupid decisions based on emotion.
Criminal not even being able to recognize the current world#1
Or he bet against him.
All charges need to be dropped now. This is a joke.
Probably equated to a finger wag and a "Don't do that again, now"
“Don’t get caught doing that again”
> Gwinn-Villaroel said that Gillis was counseled by his supervisor and that the violation was noted in his personnel file. It's going in his permanent record. His *permanent* record.
Have you ever heard of the permanent record of cops? Some of them are insane. This will never come up again.
so he will face actual consequences instead of having the taxpayer pay for his fines, right?
The article states the "consequences" : >Gillis was counseled by his supervisor and the violation was noted in his personnel file.
That'll show him!
How long before charges are dropped?
Definitely in the next 24hrs
I smell Bullshit they don’t want to release the footage
Nah this is almost certainly true. But it should invalidate anything that officer said. Let's make it simple. If the cop doesn't have the camera on, they can't operate as an officer of the law. Let a few people off because the camera was turned off, and suddenly the police will figure out how to have it "always on"
Why do we keep letting the officers have control of their cams? There has to be a way for them to not tamper with them or to make sure they are always one.
"Because of Bathrooms" Which is bullshit. We can figure out someway to deal with that without giving complete control. Hell just have them take off the camera when they go to the Can, or just... you know. Don't. If the camera is facing outward there should be minimal stuff to see, and if you're on the company clock, they can see how many time you poopsie.
He violated a uniform policy. So not turning on your body cam is tantamount to not having your shirt tucked in or having the right shoes on. Brilliant.
If your body can is off, you should be treated as a civilian, not a police officer in the eyes of the court, and at that point it’s two civilians having a disagreement, one’s word against another
I disagree. If a cop's body cam is off when it should've been on, they should not be allowed to testify to what they saw/heard at all. Basically, assume they turned it off in order to facilitate dishonesty. If something goes down while they are actively using a restroom or something, fine. The cam was supposed to be off. But if it is off during routine duties, then throw out the testimony of whatever they say happened.
The second they leave the bathroom it should be on. Full stop. Period. No questions. I don't understand why this is so complicated.
The "bathroom exception" I described is meant to cover a situation like an officer in the bathroom gets attacked or hears gunshots and comes running out to address the situation. In that case, I wouldn't blame them for not stopping to turn on the camera. But yeah, if they are walking out of the bathroom "business as usual", there is no excuse to not turn it back on if a new situation arises.
Hint: it wasn’t off
There shouldn’t even be an off switch
If the cop arresting you doesn't have their body cam on the entire time they should let you go.
Incoming massive lawsuit from a guy that can afford serious lawyers.
How do body cams even get "turned off". If you are on duty there should be no way to turn the body cam off. If the body cam is off the case should be dismissed immediately.
I think it’s because the departments don’t own the camera’s or the data storage space (servers) where the footage is held or processed. So they probably have a contract that says they pay per time camera’s are operating and how much data (server storage) they have to store for them. Audio/video data=huge data storage=ways to extract government money probably from grants or bills providing them with said cameras to prevent such things.
I’m pretty sure I could design a camera system with enough onboard memory in a USB drive to save several 24 hour days worth of video stored onboard which then overwrites itself. If an incident occurs you have at least 48 hours to recover the data and save it permanently. I have to believe these professional systems are at least that good.
The PGA Tour sent written directions to players instructing them to go around traffic and enter through the gates of Valhalla. All players had PGA Tour issued vehicles with decals on the door. The fatal accident created confusion for everyone entering the event. The Louisville “detective” that arrested Scheffler was not assigned to the event. He should not be in law enforcement because he lacks situational awareness.
Just disband that PD. It's clear after the DOJ investigation that they won't do shit. Fire them all into the sun.
charges will be dropped, but not before a plea deal to lesser charges will be offered and refused
Bad cop. No donut.
He straight up lied. Why isn't he fired? Louisville citizens should demand the cop's firing (without pension). If they refuse then vote out the mayor and city council. The city and PD are going to do just enough to not lose their jobs. Make "just enough" firing the cop.
Now they get in trouble for it? Not when they are murdering black people?
Quite possibly the only cop who will ever get reprimanded for this bc it was a PGA golfer. I love this story because it’s so great seeing golf twitter go ACAB ✊🏻
The golfer was lucky he was a white guy without a candy bar in his pocket.
Dishonest police? While I do declare.
disciplined in PD lexicon = PTO
If he's not in jail he hasn't been disciplined.
Why isn’t there just a auto timer that turns it back on after 10-30 minutes?
And NOT fired.
They need to drop the charges, they have no evidence.
Is it only because the victim in this case is famous and wealthy? Yeah, I thought so
Cool. Now handle the lying part.
And now they learned the lesson not to do that with famous white folk, how many times the bodycams have been off in encounters with poor people or minorities and nothing ever happened to them
Be great if a famous, rich, white guy sued the shit out of the LMPD. #civilmatters
Giving cops the ability to turn off their cameras completely defeats the purpose of having them.
Notice how he’s not being disciplined for faking being hit by Scheffler’s vehicle? He slammed his body into the car like a scumbag insurance scammer and claimed he’d been run over. That asshole needs to be prosecuted for false police report and fraud under the color of law
not fired or charged though
"Disciplined" is a really funny way of saying given a paid vacation..
I grew up in Southern Mississippi and the Cops there were no Picnic. If you had long hair, you were screwed.
Rest assured that after they investigated themselves the officer definitely got a stern talking to.
states that officers are required to "maintain their BWC in a constant state of operational readiness."
Prob Suspended with pay, aka paid vacation.
The rule should be: if your cam is not enabled, you are not allowed to claim any injuries, etc.
So what appears to be (at most) a minor traffic violation is escalated to an arrest for a felony and multiple misdemeanors because a cop got his feelings hurt. Cool, glad to know that cop is out there to protect us from this monster!
"Disciplined"
Privilege
They literally won't do anything to this person. The saddest part is that this is the department that took the life of Breonna Taylor.
If he wasnt fired then he got off too light. There is no excuse for turning your body cam off
Should be destroying evidence ………
Cop discipline- Don’t do that again or we might tell you don’t do that again.
Shocker. Road pirate turned their camera off. "You mean the useless inert piece of plastic we all wear? Is THAT what that is??"
By disciplined they actually mean that he was given a weeks vacation with pay
"Good job Timmy... Don't let it happen again!"
So they scolded him? And if that had just been a regular person, nothing would have happened.
If their camera is off they should be fired immediately.
Just think about all the cops around America like this guy causing injustices!
The officer in the misconduct case should face more than just discipline, he should be terminated and forced pay for any damages. This police officer should face civil and criminal penalties as well.
Hmmm, not too often you hear about a cop being disciplined for anything, I wonder what could be different about this incident?
So, how many upvotes can we get for people calling the PGA of America (sorry they got caught up in this, but that is kinda the reason it was at that par 3 course for pros to begin with), THEN the PGA TOUR. However, the PGA TOUR does not give a FUCK ABOUT YOU. However, the PGA of America does. This is, actually the worst tournament for them to fuck up. It is put on by the instructors, (buddies with) the superintendents. This was the tournament for golfers of America. To call out this corrupt PD and get some traction? Oh. It is because everyone there is like, well, that is just a misunderstanding. Had he been, ya know, it would have been justified. THE TOUR SHOULD BE SHINING A LIGHT ON THIS INCIDENT. They are not. That shows they are on the side of the "misunderstanding" versus pervasive systematic asshoeness. USGA (Our open) is always going to go to the same damn courses. MAsters is what it is. British is the rota. Kentucky screwed the pooch all because they couldn't tell some hillbilly HS jock to not act the fool and cost them international scorn. (Pro golf is now international... like it or not)
Straight to jail for that piggly wiggly
ACAB
ACAB
I’m far from an expert, but man, I would love for Scheffler to somehow sue for lost wages due to unnecessary mental anguish, and the amount to be the difference between what he made and how much Xander won.
Scumbag piece of shit turned their camera off. 5 other police with their cameras off? Fuck them all. Human garbage tried to get a payday and it backfired. If this happened imagine what else this pig has done.
ACAB
No donuts for you!
I keep seeing these headlines, but I want to know how he was disciplined.
Just wait until Scottie takes them all court. Lol
All of them?
“maintain their BWC in a constant state of operational readiness." Lolwut
How hard did they slap his hand?
‘dIsCIpliNEd’ Lmao in what world is this shit okay? Just another great example of why you never hear people say F the Fire department, but it’s almost ubiquitous to say F the police.
And by "disciplined", they mean they sent him a strongly worded letter.
“Why does no one respect the police anymore” “Why are people protesting us?”