Riddle me this: you get into a car accident and plow over a fire hydrant and slam into a tree, knock yourself unconscious, and have to be pulled out of your SUV by your wife and when the police ask to interview you you simply tell them "I'll talk to you guys tomorrow". And then say that again. And then again. What's wrong with this scenario?
What is wrong is no one would get away with it unless they were Tiger Woods.
You wouldn't be able to go the night without talking to the police so they could continue their investigation. You wouldn't be able to ignore the police, even with the help of a lawyer. You wouldn't be able to just release a statement about how "you messed up".
Because you're not Tiger Woods.
Why aren't pro athletes held to the same standard as you and I? Look at Plaxico Burress: his sentence was extremely harsh, there is precedent in cases like his where he would simply get probation. But he got 18 months and his NFL career is likely over. The judge hit him with as harsh a sentence as possible because the mayor of New York wanted to send a message.
Look at Donte Stallworth. He was driving under the influence and killed a man running to a bus late at night in Miami. Granted, it was dark, the man ran quickly in front of his car and wasn't in a crosswalk, but if Stallworth was sober perhaps that man would still be alive. And what was his sentence? A slap on the wrist.
It goes both ways but too many times it goes the wrong way. I don't care what the reasons for Tiger's evasion of the police here. He should man up and be interviewed and answer every single question and sit at the police station as long as they ask him to. But he doesn't have to.
Because he is Tiger Woods.
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