Not to bust your balls, but how long were you a Police Officer for?
It is possibly a criminal investigation, as a person of interest, you go by the Investigators schedule, not yours unless you are a patient in a hospital and Doctors say that you are not ready to speak.
They are trying to hide the scratches on Tigers face from Ellen. This is a possible domestic dispute that the police are investigating so Tiger SHOULD have to anser questions. He is getting preferential treatment. Anyone else notice that BOTH passenger sides of the SUV windows are bashed in as well.....hmm....
Police being called to a scene does not override Woods's right to ignore their questions about what happened.
If they can produce evidence of a criminal act, they have the inverse right to charge him with a crime.
Even then, he would not be legally obligated to answer any questions.
OLDMANTED retorts: Excuse me Barman, but there is a police investigation underway into the cause of the accident. Woods is being given preferential treatment IMHO.
Bar: Your opinion is duly noted (with sincere respect from me)
OM: If the police were investigating an accident of most citizens, they would be asked to answer questions either on the spot or at the police station.
Bar: And those citizens would have the right to not only refuse to answer questions, they would also have the right to respectfully refuse a request they "come to the police station".
OM: This is not a private matter but a public matter due to the investigation of the accident. What comes out, comes out, but the investigation still must be done.
Bar: Based on the limited information so far, it would appear that the only legal obligation for Woods at this moment is to respond to any citation (if given) for his damaging the publicly owned fire hydrant. The remainder of the incident is completely private, unless someone elects to file a criminal complaint against either Mr or Mrs Woods.
Bar: Your opinion is duly noted (with sincere respect from me)
OM: If the police were investigating an accident of most citizens, they would be asked to answer questions either on the spot or at the police station.
Bar: And those citizens would have the right to not only refuse to answer questions, they would also have the right to respectfully refuse a request they "come to the police station".
OM: This is not a private matter but a public matter due to the investigation of the accident. What comes out, comes out, but the investigation still must be done.
Bar: Based on the limited information so far, it would appear that the only legal obligation for Woods at this moment is to respond to any citation (if given) for his damaging the publicly owned fire hydrant. The remainder of the incident is completely private, unless someone elects to file a criminal complaint against either Mr or Mrs Woods.
MIKEB chips in with: Not to bust your balls, but how long were you a Police Officer for?
Bar: We'll respond to this rhetorical question by noting I've never been a police officer. But I've worked in tandem with police and criminal justice professionals for the past ten years.
While I am deficient in a wide range of knowledge and topics, I am extremely knowledgeable from my work experience about constitutional law as it pertains to citizen interaction with law enforcement.
MB: It is possibly a criminal investigation, as a person of interest, you go by the Investigators schedule, not yours unless you are a patient in a hospital and Doctors say that you are not ready to speak.
Bar: Respectfully, that's utter nonsense. You and you alone determine when and where you will talk with police. The 4th and 5th Amendments give you such authority.
If you are legally placed under arrest, you in fact lose your freedom to decide "where" you will encounter police, but you never lose your right to not speak to them if that is your wish.
Bar: We'll respond to this rhetorical question by noting I've never been a police officer. But I've worked in tandem with police and criminal justice professionals for the past ten years.
While I am deficient in a wide range of knowledge and topics, I am extremely knowledgeable from my work experience about constitutional law as it pertains to citizen interaction with law enforcement.
MB: It is possibly a criminal investigation, as a person of interest, you go by the Investigators schedule, not yours unless you are a patient in a hospital and Doctors say that you are not ready to speak.
Bar: Respectfully, that's utter nonsense. You and you alone determine when and where you will talk with police. The 4th and 5th Amendments give you such authority.
If you are legally placed under arrest, you in fact lose your freedom to decide "where" you will encounter police, but you never lose your right to not speak to them if that is your wish.
If in fact Woods has physical damage caused by his wife, it is legally sufficient for him to tell police that he has no complaint against her and that pretty much settles that.
Police retain the right in so-called "domestic disputes" to override Woods' position and if they chose to they could in fact arrest Mrs Woods for potential charges of battering her husband.
To my knowledge, they will retain that override authority for at least a short period, so it's not impossible - though it is incredibly unlikely imho - that they might at a future point arrest Mrs Woods.
But even if that were to occur, neither she nor her husband would be required to answer questions from police. She herself would only be subject to detention for as long it takes a judge to issue a bail order and for that bail order to be met.
heh
While my earlier string of posts might be interpreted as some kind of overzealous "defense of Tiger Woods", it is in fact simply a stern reminder that the rights which he is exercising here are enjoyed by ALL of us as Americans.
It has been suggested that he is receiving "preferential treatment" from police.
In fact, this "treatment" could be enjoyed by ANY of us if we wished to exercise our own constitutional rights after we ourselves were found by police on the street in front of our house with a damaged vehicle and a damaged publicly owned fire hydrant.
Look - I get that most everyone is Very Curious about the What and especially the Why of what went on in the moments before Woods was found in this situation.
I myself am Very Curious. Woods is one of the most recognizable persons not just in Florida, but on Planet Earth.
But guess what? You and I will only come to know the What and Why based on whether Woods and/or Mrs Woods (or perhaps an as yet unidentified third party witness to the events) wishes to disclose that information.
I myself am Very Curious. Woods is one of the most recognizable persons not just in Florida, but on Planet Earth.
But guess what? You and I will only come to know the What and Why based on whether Woods and/or Mrs Woods (or perhaps an as yet unidentified third party witness to the events) wishes to disclose that information.
FHEAD: Barman, are you looking for a caddy job??
Bar: second heh....I should be so lucky. Woods already has a guy that has given him the same information which I wrote in those past half dozen posts.
But that dude likely charges a couple thousand bucks per hour for the counsel.
Bar: second heh....I should be so lucky. Woods already has a guy that has given him the same information which I wrote in those past half dozen posts.
But that dude likely charges a couple thousand bucks per hour for the counsel.
