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[QUOTE="Brooky03, post: 5080719, member: 8594"]
Yeah, he wasn’t rushing.  He had plenty of time before his tee time.

I don’t think he was just flying by this officer without regard either.  Idk if people are picturing an officer jumping and waiving his arms shouting at Scheffler to stop and he said screw you, but that’s unlikely to be what happened.  Like you said, visibility was reduced and they had two crews of cops working it, one for the tournament and one for the crash, adding to the confusion.  It’s sounding more and more like Scheffler was right near the entrance when this all went down.  It’s less clear, but it also sounds like he had already shown his credentials (to somebody) and thought he had the go-ahead.

Regardless, I still can’t fathom what would possess the officer to grab on to a moving car.  Like, was he trying to open the door immediately, while it was moving?  That can’t be how they teach that.  And why was he so adamant that the car HAD to stop right then and there?  Scheffler wasn’t at risk of driving into the crash scene based on the pictures available.  It just seems like the officer got so unnecessarily aggressive so quickly for something that could have been diffused with more measured, more professional approach/reaction.

I was in the car with my father-in-law when Rochester police were trying (poorly) to set up a DUI checkpoint at an intersection.  It was dark and rainy and they hadn’t blocked off traffic well.  You could see a two cruisers but it wasn’t clear that they wanted you to stop, so my FIL took his left turn like normal.  The officers didn’t lunge and grab at the car so they could make an arrest and an assault claim.  One just got in his car and stopped us a little ways down the road.  No theatrics.  No overreaction.
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