Sheriff: Las Vegas police had reasonable suspicion to stop Michael Bennett
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Friday that officers had reasonable suspicion to stop NFL player Michael Bennett in August after a shooting was reported on the Strip.
They did what they were trained to do, Lombardo said during an afternoon news conference.
The sheriff emphasized that Bennett did nothing wrong when Metro officers detained him outside The Cromwell, 3503 Las Vegas Blvd. South, the morning of Aug. 27. Lombardo said Bennett was detained for 10 minutes because he ran from a reported shooting inside the hotel while police commanded people to stay down.
Bennett, a Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman, attracted national attention after he accused Las Vegas police of using excessive force and of targeting him because hes black.
Read more: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/sheriff-las-vegas-police-had-reasonable-suspicion-to-stop-michael-bennett/
sinkingfeeling
(51,498 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Where the police try and justify shooting a fleeing suspect in the back time and time again. I've also had a first hand encounter with the Las Vegas police when a neighbor lost track of her son and told the police that my sister was harboring him (she wasn't). The way they treated her in her own house was inexcusable.
nycbos
(6,044 posts)He was DWB.
Strelnikov_
(7,772 posts)Exactly what I was going to post.
samnsara
(17,665 posts)( hes mine..all mine
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)and he needs to be looking good to his Tea Party Supporters as well as Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn. Nuf Said!!!!
catbyte
(34,546 posts)slot since Arpaio was kicked to the curb & Clarke resigned?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Sheriff's that have that spot filled. This Guy is a pure Bullshit artist complete with Credentials. Just a seat warmer for the Entertainment and Hospitality Business owners. All one needs to know is,if your skin color is dark,watch over your shoulder when in town.
Profiling is their game.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)damned suspicious, people running away from guns and flying bullets.....
[sarcasm]
TeamPooka
(24,303 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)...i.e. Swarthy skin.
rockfordfile
(8,709 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,071 posts)He was the only one stopped.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,970 posts)Only the black guy?