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New video shows cop chasing down Scottie Scheffler’s car after dragging claims
By Jenna Lemoncelli,
23 days ago
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Louisville Metro Police Department released new video footage from an internal investigation into the arrest of Scottie Scheffler, which took place outside Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky hours before his tee time Friday morning at the PGA Championship.
The video from the fixed pole camera, which is four minutes long, showed the rainy, dark scene outside Valhalla — and what appeared to be a police officer approaching Scheffler’s vehicle around the 20-40-second mark.
The other video, which showed 55 minutes of police dash cam footage, showed vehicles and buses moving slowly, as well as officers and traffic police meeting on the street.
Scheffler was arrested after he tried to steer his vehicle around a police barricade and did not stop when Detective Bryan Gillis tried to give him instructions.
The police report claims Gillis was dragged to the ground by Scheffler’s car, but if that occurred it was before the vehicle becomes visible in the camera shot.
LMPD also said it is not aware of any video footage that captures the initial interaction between LMPD and Scheffer.
Scheffler, 27, was booked and processed at 7:28 a.m. ET Friday morning into metro corrections on four charges — second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding signals from officer directing traffic.
LMPD said Detective Gillis, the arresting officer in Scheffler’s case, should have turned on his body cam but did not — and his failure to do so was a violation of LMPD policy, which resulted in Gillis receiving “corrective action” per disciplinary protocol.
Steven Romines, Scheffler’s lawyer, who was present at the press conference, said he and his client have no interest in settling the case.
“[Scheffler] didn’t do anything wrong,” Romines told reporters while outside the courthouse. “Either try or dismiss this. It’s very simple… I’ve seen everything that there is to see.”
Greenberg said Scheffler and LMPD made it clear they are “looking to move forward” from the matter.
Scheffler said Friday he stretched inside a jail cell, went through his routine and tried to get his heart rate down with his second-round tee time approaching.
Scheffler’s arraignment was scheduled to take place Tuesday, but that was postponed until June 3 , according to Romines.
He is scheduled to be present in the courtroom for that arraignment as of Thursday.
Scheffler is in the field for the Charles Schwab Challenge, with the first round teeing off Thursday at Colonial Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas.
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