Earlier today, Seattle Seahawks Michael Bennett posted on Twitter today that a Las Vegas police officer held a gun to his head and threatened to “blow his fucking head off” the night of the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
Equality. pic.twitter.com/NQ4pJt94AZ
— Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) September 6, 2017
Tonight the Las Vegas police department held a press conference and released video body cam footage of one the police officers who witnessed the incident. In the footage, there’s a brief moment that shows an officer pinning down Bennett while holding what appears to be a gun on his right hand.
Michael Bennett tweeted a screengrab from police video.
— Michael Bennett (@mosesbread72) September 7, 2017
As did many of his followers.
https://twitter.com/SeahawkValdez/status/905600582978871296/
Until the body cam from the office in the video comes out to disprove @mosesbread72 I believe his version. Screens from Vegas PD video so… pic.twitter.com/xkbRzG4Hg2
— Zach Ramsey (@RamZ_Designs) September 7, 2017