The president of a Las Vegas police union is disputing claims by a
Seattle Seahawks football player that he was racially profiled when he
was handcuffed and detained following an active shooter report last
month.
"Our officers did not detain Bennett because
he was 'a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time,'" Las Vegas
Police Protective Association President Steve Grammas said in a letter
to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Thursday.
Michael Bennett, a defensive end and a two-time Pro Bowler, said on Twitter Wednesday
that an officer "warned me that if I moved he would 'blow my f---ing
head off'" and that he was racially profiled when he was handcuffed and
detained following a report of an active shooter at the Cromwell Hotel
and Casino.
The union called for Goodell to investigate
the "obvious false allegations." NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said there
is no basis for such a probe. "There is no allegation of a violation of
the league's personal conduct policy and therefore there is no basis
for an NFL investigation," he said in an email Thursday.
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Source: NBC News
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