The champion defensive end says officers detained him, „being a black man at the wrong place at the wrong time.“ VIDEO
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett alleged in a letter posted to his Twitter feed Wednesday that Las Vegas police officers targeted and assaulted him following the Mayweather-McGregor fight in that city last month. Bennett claims he was returning to his hotel after the fight when he heard shots ring out in the streets. Bennett then describes a chaotic scene in which Las Vegas police officers detained him, perhaps assuming he could have been the potential shooter (the player claims they told him to “shut up” whenever he asked what was happening) . According to Bennett, the police officers drew their guns on him and ordered him to get on the ground “simply” for “being a black man at the wrong place at the wrong time.” In his most serious allegation, Bennett claims that one officer threatened to “blow my fucking head off.” Bennett said he was “terrified and confused” and described the excess use of force as “unbearable.” He adds that the officers eventually let him go without explaining their motivations after they realized that he was not “a thug, common criminal or ordinary black man but . a famous football player.”
