Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

December 1, 2009

Whatever precipitated the bizarre automobile accident in which Tiger Woods was injured, this much is certain: Mr. Woods is doing the right thing in refusing to discuss the matter with either the media or the police.

Woods has been criticized for deflecting police inquiries. But as CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin explained, ?Tiger Woods is under no legal obligation to speak with police...The Fifth Amendment gives everyone an absolute right to refuse to talk to them. He may be counting on the fact that if no new news emerges, everybody will move on.?

There has been a lot of public speculation that Woods ? who wrecked his automobile after leaving his home in the early morning hours ? had quarreled with his wife over a purported extra-marital affair. Whether or not this is the case, Woods has no responsibility to indulge the public?s prurient curiosity. And as a citizen he?s wise to recognize that in this situation, no good can come from cooperating with the police.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.