Re-posted by Nicholas Stix
Bennett makes dramatic accusations, but then refuses to go into details, and the AP acts as his advocate.
Seahawks' Bennett says he feared death by Las Vegas police
The Associated Press - By By [sic] KEN RITTER - Associated Press
17 hours ago
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett accused Las Vegas police on Wednesday of racially motivated excessive force, saying he was threatened at gunpoint and handcuffed following a report of gunshots at an after-hours club at a casino-hotel.
Police said they're investigating, but that Bennett failed to stop for officers searching a crowded casino for what they believed to be an active shooter just hours after the Aug. 26 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.
"I believe this case will become completely clear as all the available video is reviewed for evidentiary purposes," Clark County Undersheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters. "We'll see very, very clearly exactly what happened on this incident."
Bennett said on a Twitter message titled "Dear World," that police "singled me out and pointed their guns at me for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time."
McMahill aired a lengthy video clip taken from a police sergeant's body camera during a search of the Cromwell casino after a report of gunfire at the Drai's nightclub. But he said at least one officer who encountered Bennett didn't have his body camera on at the time.
Bennett isn't seen until the very end of the clip — being handcuffed as he lies prone in a traffic lane on Las Vegas Boulevard.
McMahill said that with an internal affairs investigation just beginning, he saw "no evidence that race played any role in this incident."
Police and casino officials later attributed the report of gunfire to the sharp sound of velvet rope stands being knocked to a tile floor.
Bennett, during a brief appearance Wednesday at the Seahawks' practice facility in Renton, Washington, described the incident as "traumatic" but declined to go into specifics about it.
Lesta had it on.He decreed Bennett's side of the story was the only side.Damn racist world...lol.
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Prudent measures taken. NO complaint worthy. The man if what he said is so should have agreed to cooperate and then thanked the police for his fair treatment.
ReplyDeleteIts not Racism, the Police were just playing the odds. They are Las Vegas Police after all. What are the odds of a giant black guy, not listening to police orders, would turn out to be an NFL player, and not the perp?
ReplyDeleteTalk about a long shot. With all the visitors to L.V, I give the odds of what transpired... of being 1 in 125,000