Roger Goodell's support for Michael Bennett might contain multiple messages

[JoeKing]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ice-roger-goodell-seattle-seahawks/640445001/

“Michael Bennett represents the best of the NFL – a leader on his team and in his community,” Goodell said in a statement released by the league late Wednesday. “Our foremost concern is the welfare of Michael and his family. While we understand the Las Vegas police department will address this later ... the issues Michael has been raising deserve serious attention from all of our leaders in every community. We will support Michael and all NFL players in promoting mutual respect between law enforcement and the communities they loyally serve and fair and equal treatment under the law.”

 

[JoeKing]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...l-investigation-into-michael-bennett-incident

The Las Vegas Police Protective Association, the union for the city's police department, wants the NFL to take "appropriate action" against Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett.

In a letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, via Vanessa Murphy of 8 News Now, detective Steve Grammas requested an investigation into Bennett's "obvious false allegations against our officers."

 

[JoeKing]

Bennett ran from the police and hide thereby drawing the attention he got from the police to himself. He was only detained 10 minutes and was then summarily released but hell yes you are going to get a gun pointed at you when you act a fool as he did.

 

[CATCH17]

My understanding is that Bennett heard a gun go off and he ran and then found himself on the pavement getting questioned.


Maybe there wasn't racism involved but there is definitely a flaw in the protocol. The LVPPA themselves said they are supposed to handle the situation just like they did.

 

[CATCH17]

Bennett ran from the police and hide thereby drawing the attention he got from the police to himself. He was only detained 10 minutes and was then summarily released but hell yes you are going to get a gun pointed at you when you act a fool as he did.

We won't know the exact details but just take it for what we do know.. He heard a gun go off and he ran. I would say that is a pretty natural instinct.


Saying it was racial or anything like that is a hypothetical. It could be but what we do know is that the Police say that in that situation you are supposed to do what they did.

So at the very least I would say that the police have a protocol that doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

We don't know what exactly happened here. The only video I had seen was one taken over a railing where the police officer had Bennett on the ground with his hands behind his back and was handcuffing him. The police officer also told him to shut up because Bennett was providing a distraction. From that video, everything the officer was doing was to the letter of the law.

From that video, I don't see how anybody could make a judgment against the officer in question. For Goodell to make judgment is pretty typical of the buffoon that he is.





YR

 

[JoeKing]

We won't know the exact details but just take it for what we do know.. He heard a gun go off and he ran. I would say that is a pretty natural instinct.


Saying it was racial or anything like that is a hypothetical. It could be but what we do know is that the Police say that in that situation you are supposed to do what they did.

So at the very least I would say that the police have a protocol that doesn't make sense to me.

He didn't just hear gun shots and then run. He was hiding in the casino and when the cops approached him and identified themselves as police, he ran. Running from the police is never a smart thing to do. Lying about it afterwards and making false allegations that can be proven to be false is even worse. Bennett is a POS with a grudge... simple as that.

 

[mattjames2010]

We won't know the exact details but just take it for what we do know.. He heard a gun go off and he ran. I would say that is a pretty natural instinct.


Saying it was racial or anything like that is a hypothetical. It could be but what we do know is that the Police say that in that situation you are supposed to do what they did.

So at the very least I would say that the police have a protocol that doesn't make sense to me.

If you watch the video the LVPD showed, when the police are going in, they had the people leaving in an orderly fashion while having some people still on the ground. Bennett was hiding behind something, and then took off running the opposite direction - which is what raised suspicion.

We then have claims that he had a gun to his head, a police officer said they'd blow his brains out - so far the only thing shown is a blurry picture where it looks like a cop either has a gun with a flashlight attached out or a taser. But again, it's a blurry screenshot - the videos do not show this.

http://********.com/las-vegas-cops-cant-explain-why-an-officer-handcuffed-a-1801154344

First video on this page shows what was going on.

 

[CATCH17]

He didn't just hear gun shots and then run. He was hiding in the casino and when the cops approached him and identified themselves as police, he ran. Running from the police is never a smart thing to do. Lying about it afterwards and making false allegations that can be proven to be false is even worse. Bennett is a POS with a grudge... simple as that.

Well if that is true then of course the police did the right thing.

 

[MonsterD]

How does Las Vegas not have body cams on their officers?

 

[CATCH17]

We don't know what exactly happened here. The only video I had seen was one taken over a railing where the police officer had Bennett on the ground with his hands behind his back and was handcuffing him. The police officer also told him to shut up because Bennett was providing a distraction. From that video, everything the officer was doing was to the letter of the law.

From that video, I don't see how anybody could make a judgment against the officer in question. For Goodell to make judgment is pretty typical of the buffoon that he is.





YR

I saw a different video that Mxstar posted and i'm still indifferent about the whole thing.

The police were yelling for everyone to get out and I guess Bennett took off running and 1 cop out of the whole group said that some guy was running off and the other cop asked if he had a gun.



This was a intense situation obviously so as long as nobody got shot I don't see what the problem is here. The cops were doing their job and they are human.


What I do have a problem with is if he was obeying their orders and they were telling him they were going to shoot him and pointing a gun at him.

 

[CATCH17]

How does Las Vegas not have body cams on their officers?

There is a body cam video.

 

[mattjames2010]

I saw a different video that Mxstar posted and i'm still indifferent about the whole thing.

The police were yelling for everyone to get out and I guess Bennett took off running and 1 cop out of the whole group said that some guy was running off and the other cop asked if he had a gun.



This was a intense situation obviously so as long as nobody got shot I don't see what the problem is here. The cops were doing their job and they are human.


What I do have a problem with is if he was obeying their orders and they were telling him they were going to shoot him and pointing a gun at him.

If you see the beginning of the video, they have people in a line with their heads down getting out, while others are still on the floor. I don't think the cops are telling those people to get up and run around in a panic.

 

[CATCH17]

If you see the beginning of the video, they have people in a line with their heads down getting out, while others are still on the floor. I don't think the cops are telling those people to get up and run around in a panic.

Yeah but at the beginning they are entering the building so those people are aware.


At the end they are just yelling for people to get out.

There is no way for Bennett to know what they wanted other than to get out of the building.

So his instinct was to run.


I don't think there is any kind of conspiracy here. It's just an unlucky incident.



This wasn't some pre-meditated thing like all of the talk shows were saying yesterday.

A cop just made a decision that the guy running was suspicious.

Again, that was an intense situation and I'm sure the cops were on high alert.

Nobody was shot so that's good.

I feel sorry for Bennett for having to go through that.

I'm sure there are tons and tons of injustices happening but I don't think this is one of them. This is some bad luck for everyone involved.

 

[Teague31]

Bennett is cuffed and detained by the cops. Has the full support of the commish

Zeke never arrested. Ever. Suspended six games and labeled a woman beater by same commish.

Sounds completely fair to me

 

[jwooten15]

What really irritates me about all of this stuff is that ANY MAN, of ANY COLOR would seem suspicious if they were to disobey directions in that tense situation and run in the opposite direction like Bennett did.

Why is this always automatically a race issue?

In high school, I was out with two friends one night, doing stupid things. A police car pulled up on us and told us to stop where we were. Myself and one friend followed directions. We were not harmed in any way. The third friend darted toward the woods. Well, SHOCKER, that third friend got chased down and thrown down to the ground.

Oh yeah, all three of us are caucasian males.

Sorry mods, I just couldn't help myself. Sorry if this offends anybody.

 

[CATCH17]

What really irritates me about all of this stuff is that ANY MAN, of ANY COLOR would seem suspicious if they were to disobey directions in that tense situation and run in the opposite direction like Bennett did.

Why is this always automatically a race issue?

In high school, I was out with two friends one night, doing stupid things. A police car pulled up on us and told us to stop where we were. Myself and one friend followed directions. The third friend darted toward the woods. Well, SHOCKER, the third friend got chased down and thrown down to the ground.

Oh yeah, all three of us are caucasian males.

Sorry mods, I just couldn't help myself. Sorry if this offends anybody.

Watch the video.. There was no clear instruction.

The cops are yelling for people to get out and they are yelling for people to get down. It's chaos.

Still though... I didn't see this as racial. They walked by hundreds of different people and then all of a sudden decided to get racial? Nah. They just made a judgement that was wrong imo.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Bennett is cuffed and detained by the cops. Has the full support of the commish

Zeke never arrested. Ever. Suspended six games and labeled a woman beater by same commish.

Sounds completely fair to me

Hey, Bennett isn't exactly innocent here. He should have never put himself in that position to begin with.






YR

 

[mattjames2010]

Watch the video.. There was no clear instruction.

The cops are yelling for people to get out and they are yelling for people to get down. It's chaos.

Still though... I didn't see this as racial. They walked by hundreds of different people and then all of a sudden decided to get racial? Nah. They just made a judgement that was wrong imo.

You are not seeing the clear instructions from the police with their guns drawn - I have told you already, you can see in the background other police officers directing people where to go. There was obvious orders.

Also, from what I just read - it seems Bennett fit the description and made it suspicious the moment they spotted him hiding, he took off running.

My guess, Bennett is very much caught up in the "Cops vs. Me" crap, and this got him spooked at the first sign of the police.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

1) Bennett was not the only person hiding in the casino. When you frame a sequence of events to make it seem like he was the only one doing this, you are creating your own narrative and manipulating the situation.

2) Bennett is not the only person who was fleeing the casino. Again, not telling the whole truth creates a specific narrative that make it seem like Bennett was acting shady, when in fact, he did nothing that many others at that time weren't doing.

3) Police WERE giving conflicting orders. To blame Bennett for hiding then fleeing is silly.

4) we are provided body cam footage from multiple officers, EXCEPT the one who made initial contact with Bennett. That's convenient....and sketchy.

5) We are never going to be able to confirm Bennett's statement without evidence of the moment when he was arrested. Not after he's already on the ground. You can choose to believe Bennett's statement. You can choose to believe the police's version of events. I'm not really going to be shocked by who people choose to believe.