Michael Bennett: Police singled me out, put a gun near my head

[Rutnstrut]

Both of the arresting officers were minorities. Changes the perspective just a little bit.

Not to the whiners, they'll still spin it to fit their narrative.

[Patler]

Cops respond to a possible shooter. See man crouching behind a gaming machine amid chaos. Man sees them and runs. According to some, the cops are suppose to just let unidentified possible suspect run away from the scene. This day and age the cops have an impossible job. Perhaps they shouldn't have to serve and protect those that are so against them. That would be a good form of natural selection.

...and if the unidentified subject actually WAS a shooter, and then ran out and shot and killed another, the same people would criticize the cops for not taking decisive action to stop the threat.

But it is all very simple. The cops simply have to be correct, stop and detain the actual perps and no one else, 100% of the time. That isn't asking too much, is it?

[woodbuck27]

'The call that night was a scary one'

Bennett's brother, Green Bay Packers tight end Martellus Bennett, signaled support for his sibling Wednesday in an Instagram post.

"The call that night was a scary one," Martellus Bennett wrote. "The emotion and the thought of almost losing you because of the way you look left me in one of the saddest places ever. I could hear the fear in your voice, the tears in your eyes as well your sprinting heart beat. I can't imagine how the people who lost their loved ones felt when they got the call."

Martellus Bennett added later: "To me, you're much more than a nigger," a direct reference to the line in his brother's open letter.

[woodbuck27]

This is NOT a Black and White Issue.

This is a classic example of 'a Black Issue' and Racial Profiling that is all to common now for over a Decade and inappropriate Law Enforcement.

Also what was with the excessive brutality and the process of the arrest !? Bennett was down and cuffed. So why does the second Cop come in and put abuse on him?

[pbmax]

Both of the arresting officers were minorities. Changes the perspective just a little bit.

Yes, because different minorities cannot possibly hold biased or racist attitudes about other minorities? Training and peer modeling don't have any effect?

Funny how running away from a slot machine and leaping over a road barrier makes sense if there were gunshots and seems more suspicious if he was running away from police. The statements don't really conflict. But I wonder how many were running through that room to the outside? How many were arrested?

Video would help, but we just have the aftermath since the two directly responsible didn't have on their body cams. Funny that they malfunction more often than radar guns.

[pbmax]

Cops respond to a possible shooter. See man crouching behind a gaming machine amid chaos. Man sees them and runs. According to some, the cops are suppose to just let unidentified possible suspect run away from the scene. This day and age the cops have an impossible job. Perhaps they shouldn't have to serve and protect those that are so against them. That would be a good form of natural selection.

Do you honestly take the claim that he was crouching behind slots seriously at this point? Do more police have to plant evidence to plant a seed of doubt in your mind?

Both parties have reason to paint their actions as innocent.

[ThunderDan]

If I heard a shot fired in a casino/near a casino the first thing I would do is duck behind a machine or under a table. Find out where I thought the shot was from and run the other direction when it looked clear.

[Rutnstrut]

Vegas has about a bazillion cameras, so the truth will come out. pb, yes I believe the police over someone that has bashed them many times in the past.

[Rutnstrut]

If I heard a shot fired in a casino/near a casino the first thing I would do is duck behind a machine or under a table. Find out where I thought the shot was from and run the other direction when it looked clear.

Yup, assess the situation as opposed to stumbling about blindly.

[pbmax]

Vegas has about a bazillion cameras, so the truth will come out. pb, yes I believe the police over someone that has bashed them many times in the past.

You have only heard the version of the story from the head of the police union. So you really haven't heard from the police involved. Nor their immediate. And you probably won't until they settle on a version of events most amenable to evidence they have to release.

Which is all a part of the problem of losing trust.

Those cameras not being on are just the cherry on top.

[woodbuck27]

If I heard a shot fired in a casino/near a casino the first thing I would do is duck behind a machine or under a table. Find out where I thought the shot was from and run the other direction when it looked clear.

I have actually been in that exact situation and believe this the normal reaction is to get down or under some cover and when the first opportunity arises get the 'H' out of that area.

[woodbuck27]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2731859-roger-goodell-releases-statement-on-michael-bennetts-incident-with-lvpd?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=nfl

Roger Goodell Releases Statement on Michael Bennett's Allegations Against LVMPD

ALEC NATHAN ...SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

[gbgary]

Matt Markovich ✔ @mattmarkovich
Attrny for Michael Bennett says race wasn't a factor in arrest but lack of probable cause was May file civil rights lawsuit #komonews
1:14 PM - Sep 6, 2017 · Seattle, WA

clearly not since there were many black people in there and the recording confirms that. oh...and he wasn't arrested. he was detained. as for probable cause, cops don't need probable cause...they need reasonable suspicion. his running from the cops probably wasn't the smartest thing he could have done.

that's a taser gun in this video still pic below...

[Patler]

If I heard a shot fired in a casino/near a casino the first thing I would do is duck behind a machine or under a table. Find out where I thought the shot was from and run the other direction when it looked clear.

I don't think anyone is saying that in itself is suspicious. But, if I was in that situation, after the police arrived I would run past them in the direction toward where the police came from, which is more likely to be safe. Running away in the direction the police are going is more likely to be unsafe, not yet cleared of any shooter. It appears most people in the video did run to where the police had been.

It may very well be that Bennett did not even see the police, and simply took the first way out that he saw. I can see that as a very real possibility. But for nearly 6 minutes of the video the police were told a shooter was there, and by their contemporaneous statements on the video saw an individual hiding and then running away from them as they approached. I don't think it is unreasonable that they detained that individual for a brief time.

Believing as they did, what should they have done? Should they let everyone run away if they didn't see a gun in his hand? SHould they stop and question everyone they encounter. Or, should they push in quickly and check those who act in any way suspiciously to them?

[woodbuck27]

I don't think anyone is saying that in itself is suspicious. But, if I was in that situation, after the police arrived I would run past them in the direction toward where the police came from, which is more likely to be safe. Running away in the direction the police are going is more likely to be unsafe, not yet cleared of any shooter. It appears most people in the video did run to where the police had been.

It may very well be that Bennett did not even see the police, and simply took the first way out that he saw. I can see that as a very real possibility. But for nearly 6 minutes of the video the police were told a shooter was there, and by their contemporaneous statements on the video saw an individual hiding and then running away from them as they approached. I don't think it is unreasonable that they detained that individual for a brief time.

Believing as they did, what should they have done? Should they let everyone run away if they didn't see a gun in his hand? SHould they stop and question everyone they encounter. Or, should they push in quickly and check those who act in any way suspiciously to them?

I certainly am not going to run towards the Police with their guns pointing in my direction if I'm a Black Man nor should any man do so.

The Police are in a tense situation and God 'only' knows how stressed out they are and just might interpret my running in their direction as an attack.

Nope ! I am getting my ass pointed towards the Police as I run away from them.