sometimes i like to argue just for the sake of taking a different point of view on a forum ... bit more entertaining ... while trying not to cross any lines or offend anyone's sensibilities ...
and i'm certainly not convicting elin of anything ... but strongly believe there was probably cause to arrest her for domestic violence ... notwithstanding the law that the suspect must be arrested ...
mistakes can be made ... judgement exercised appropriately or inappropriately sometimes consistent with, sometimes inconsistent with the requirements of law ...
i think it's admirable you don't assume the crime ... too many times we have a tendency to rush to judgement ... and want to see people fail or suffer ...
but if i was pressed into an opinion ... was there or wasn't there ... and with no desire for the truth to be one scenario or another ... in fact you hope for the sake of the children and even the possibility of marital reconciliation there was no crime ... i'd have to say nevertheless there was most likely an attack ...
Actually, and this may come as a surprise, I too believe Elin PROBABLY attacked, or tried to attack Tiger.
As JB, I'm a big believer in withholding judgement on someone before we know the facts, so this is pure speculation on our part.
I believe that w/ Tiger and Elin, being who they are, the thought of domestic violence probably was one of the last things a cop or a paramedic responding to the scene had on their mind as to what happened.
When the FHP got involved and started to suspect there was more to the story, they were refuted by a napping Tiger. The FHP wanted to see the hospital records for Tiger when he was first admitted on the night of the incident. The hospital refused! It would have taken a warrant to get the records, which the FHP never got. So the FHP gave out a careless driving ticket because that's all that they could prove.
Again, pure speculation on my part, but I will always believe there is something more to the story than what we know about that night.