Well well well. It turns out that police body cam footage proves that Seattle Seahawks player Michael Bennett was lying about being racially profiled by the Las Vegas police at the end of August.
Here’s the footage:
Here’s the explanation by TMZ:
The Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. says the body cam footage absolutely justifies why police took down Michael Bennett at gunpoint during a search for an active shooter … saying it was NOT about race.
Bennett had claimed he was racially profiled in the early hours of August 27 — when cops detained him outside the Cromwell hotel following the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight.
The footage shows a 3-man police team — made up of 2 hispanic officers and 1 black officer — identify Bennett as a suspicious person who did not get down on the ground as ordered during the hotel sweep.
Video shows Bennett crouching and running in the casino before bolting out of a hotel door, jumping over a gate and running to the street.
One of the officers quickly asks if the man running had a gun and then gives chase.
Once Bennett was detained, cops determined Bennett was not a shooter. They asked for ID. He said, “Michael Bennett. Seattle Seahawks. Look it up.”
Cops took his advice and looked him up on their cell phones.
Cops say the body cam 100% proves the incident had nothing to do with race.
What an a-hole. He runs out AFTER cops had told everyone to get down so they could find the shooter. And then he tries to blame cops for racially profiling him because they detained him? And after they explained to him why they detained him?
I hate liars and Michael Bennett is surely one of them. He is absolutely part of the problem and one of the reasons why the issue of race is becoming more toxic in America.