Posted September 15, 2017 11:00 am by Comments

By Andrew Shepperson

Michael Bennett, defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. (Photo: USA Today)
Michael Bennett, star defensive end for the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks, and his attorney said Wednesday that he plans to sue the Las Vegas Metro Police Department over an incident in which police detained him at gunpoint after the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
During an interview with ABC News this week, Bennett’s attorney John Burris said a lawsuit was likely coming after Bennett claimed police unjustly singled him out and pointed a gun to his head during an investigation into a reported active shooter situation at a Vegas casino.
“Unless something changes drastically that we don’t know of, we’re gonna file a lawsuit,” Burris said.
Bennett also sat down with ABC News and said the whole situation was terrifying and had him fearing for his life.
“I’m just thinking in my head, there’s like, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, all these people, these people that have been through this,” Bennett said. “I’m terrified. I’m literally just, like, worried if I make the wrong decision … if I move too fast, if I twitch, and somebody says I’m resisting … because I’m a big guy, you know what I’m saying?”
The incident took place in the early morning hours after

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