Seattle Seahawks Michael Bennett and the Las Vegas PD

Lol, damn, Bennett's credibility for crying wolf just took a huge hit.

 

I can't watch the videos right now but if they show what is being claimed he should be excoriated in the public sphere.

 

wow, cops were super professional in a very tense situation

 

Cops made a mistake and because cops are trained to take no chances they went overboard as usual. Looks like Bennett also made some mistakes not complying with lay down orders(he ran) and with some details in his version of the story. So count me on the side that understands both sides made mistakes and both sides should be accountable for their mistakes. That said, the folks who get up in arms on both sides of this issue don't want to share blame they want a single sole side to be wrong and their side to be right. So to them I say, fack you both...

 

This is why it's so hard to take these kinds of activists seriously, it seems like it's always a lie with them.

 

Gotta love how the alt-right piles on this guy because he is an activist and black. Fact is neither side seems to be in the wrong or lied. But if someone did put a gun to his head and threaten to blow his brains off - that is inappropriate.

But instead of trying to find out the facts, the alt-righters here try to tar and feather the guy first. Shows their racist colors blatantly.

 

While the edited video doesn't prove or disprove that an officer held a gun to Bennett's head and threatened him, it does put significant doubt that his detainment was racially motivated which Bennett claims. Once the officers cleared the situation, they plainly explained why they detained Bennett which Bennett appears to understand from the video.

But then he goes on a crusade the next day claiming that his detainment was racially motivated. I'm sorry, but I'm not buying it. If you're gonna pull the race card, you better have more evidence to support that claim as it is seriously damaging for the accused and accuser. Now that there's significant doubt about the race card, that hurts Bennett's credibility for his other claims.

The police also did offer Bennett and his lawyers the opportunity to view the raw footage. If there was damning evidence to support Bennett's claims, I'd think they would have mentioned it and found some way to release that footage.

 

Because out of all the people running away, they chase the black man? You aren't saying there is a racial element? And if what he says is true, that they put a gun to his head after he was on the ground - then yes, I think it's worth considering a racial element.

Your unwillingness to even entertain racial bias here is reflective of your own racial bias.

 

the alt-left doesn't care about facts. Their entire movement is based on emotion

 

Just curious was Bennett the only person detained in this entire incident? Not just by these cops but by all the cops on the scene. Only Bennett detained. I'm asking because I don't know.

 

I read something that said 2 other people were briefly detained, a black man and a hispanic man. Everyone was released and I don't think they ever found evidence that there was an actual shooting and no one got shot. The only reason we even heard about this non-story was because Bennett is an activist that wanted to make up a story out of nothing.

 

The officers thought he was moving suspiciously through the casino as he was fleeing the building. I'm not exactly sure what that means, I didn't have eyes on the ground. The only ones who could really say are the arresting officers. The statements from the higher-up cops imply it was because he was ducking around the machines with a general avoidance from the cops while the cops are trying to sweep the area.

The videos from cops, surveillance, and news reports show there were many people of all different skin colors. If it was racism, why was Bennett singled out and not all black people?

If the cops did point the gun to Bennett's head and threaten him, it's more likely because they believe he's an armed threat. Sure, you could think it was racism, but I'd still put 50:1 odds that it was because cops thought he was the active shooter. My threshold for claiming racism is higher than that.

I was willing to hear Bennett's claim that it was racism because I believe racial profiling does exist and it's a difficult position for people of color to be in when interacting with law enforcement. That's why I didn't comment earlier because it was all hearsay earlier. But now that there's video evidence released of the cops explaining calmly to Bennett about why he was detained, it looks like Bennett was quick to cry racism. The cops here looked to have acted professionally, aside from the alleged gun to the head and threatening to blow his head off.

 

Ducking behind machines to avoid being shot maybe? And this is alll conjecture on your part. You assume that he must be lying about race being a factor. That shows your bias.

Racial bias is rampant in the police force, and in our society. The assumption that a black person is more likely the criminal is not just a conscious phenomenon but one that even black people have bias towards. My point is don't dismiss his statement lightly - and you dismissed it completely despite not knowing. Do you understand why that shows bias?

 

Bennett's behavior was understandable, as was the cops' reaction to it

the problem was Bennett smearing them after the fact as racists