re: World Number 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested UPDATE: Arresting officer is former NOPD

The "everybody who does something has to go to jail" (and then usually be overcharged) is a ridiculous trend.

This should have been a ticket, at most.

We went with a couple to a Dallas Cowboys game (they were are guests but he was driving) when the Cowboys were at Texas Stadium. Driver decides to cruise down the shoulder, passing everyone in line. I was mortified. Cop stops him "DO YOU WANT TO GO TO JAIL TODAY?" Guy replies "no sir, I don't think I'd like that today and I'm taking care of that."

It wasn't a bad way for both to handle it.

The "officer safety" stuff where they grab the arm and pull it outside and/or drag someone out of the car creates issues.

Being a cop is not as dangerous as many other jobs. Numerically, far fewer cops are shot and killed now than in the 60's and 70's (and there are far more cops today). The officer safety stuff works, but throwing people down on the ground or dragging them out of a car is used far too much.