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Originally Posted by ArcticKnight
So, two choices......
1. There was a misunderstanding and Mr. Scheffler has been released with no charges at this point. We are reviewing the whole incident.
or
2. We are going to hit him with several charges.
It seems to me, without having a clue what happened, that the department went all in.
Which, until shown otherwise, leads me to believe they are confident that Scheffler's actions were both illegal and dangerous.
PS. Just because he a nice guy, that doesn't mean that the almost automatic sense of entitlement that comes with the whole elite, high paid athlete thing don't exist in his mind as well.
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Originally Posted by Hellmuth was right
if only we had some evidence that this was one of the most corrupt police departments in the country:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...department-and
this is the same police department who murdered an innocent woman (Breonna Taylor) in her sleep, covered it up, paid out a $12M lawsuit, got investigated by the DOJ, found guilty of excessive force, unlawful searches and numerous other civil rights violations. its far from a stretch to think they would rather double down and drum up bullshit charges than admit they were in the wrong. Scottie is the one who gets the benefit of the doubt here until there is bodycam footage proving otherwise.
If only the law worked that way.
"Your honor, my client was charged by a police force that is known to have corrupt elements. We'd like a dismissal of all charges please..."
As I said, (I could very well be wrong), the top brass had to know about the spotlight they were under after realizing who they cuffed and brought to the station. Someone up the chain decided not to go the "misunderstanding" route, or even the "person involved has been released but charges may still be pending" route. But no, they charged him, and pretty substantially.
So what now? Are they going to walk back and say he was wrongly cited on every charge ?
My guess is there won't be a trial, and there will be some agreement with maximum face saving on both sides. As in, Scotty admits he inadvertently did something wrong, and some of the more serious charges have been dropped, and he will do some community service blah blah..end of story.
Scotty has been consistently using "inadvertent" when talking about the "confusing" and "chaotic" situation....