Dear World:

[kpete]

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[Wounded Bear]

1. He plays for my Seattle Seahawks. I support him unequivocally...

even before I heard this story.

As a Marine, I vowed to protect and defend the Constitution. Not the man who might be President, not some random cops, not racists assholes.

I served to defend his 1st Amendment rights, among others.

[MFM008]

4. X1000

...

[Left-over]

6. Total support! Things like this are horribly wrong.

[Wounded Bear]

9. And FWIW, Kaepernick played on a rival team, I supported him too...

before it was fashionable. And I suspect strongly that he is being blackballed by the owners.

[Phoenix61]

2. I'm sorry that happened to him

But, if those police officers were going to harass a man for walking while being black, I'm glad it was someone who can fight back. I hope he nails the shit out of them.

[brush]

3. Wow. That happened and not a peep about it in the local paper or newscasts.

There are so many people against Colin Kaepernick and all he was protesting about is what happened to Michael Bennett.

Black Live Matter as well—the group was formed to protest against all the unarmed black people getting routinely blown away by racist cops and now some equate them with worse terrorists in the world.

Excuse this mini-rant but sometimes you just have to let it out.

[Gothmog]

5. This is sad but is not surprising

[yardwork]

7. I'm glad that he has the financial resources to sue the hell out of them.

[zentrum]

8. So angry this happened.

May he win his case and change the justice system.

[Metro135]

10. Sue the bastards Michael

[KT2000]

11. reporters need to talk about this

they want to judge the people who sit during the anthem and get fan reaction but they do not discuss what is behind these actions.

[cwydro]

12. "Not a thug, criminal, or ordinary black man...

but a famous professional football player."

Sorry, that hits me a bit wrong.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. LEOs treat celebritites differently. That is wrong, but it's their fault, not the victims'. nt

[Stuart G]

14. k and r...for exposure..Just as important is a sence of total fear and helplessness

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that he conveys in this letter. The police never explain why he is stopped, or told to lie down, or threatened. Never.. ...no reason at all for anything that was done to him. None....Further, that sense of fear, impending death, and helplessness, is conveyed in this letter..As we read we feel what he felt, and fear what he feared..

This is an important letter. It conveys to those that are not black, the experience that many black men go through for just being black. This is special and incredible. Should be read by everyone in this country.. (that includes police officers and their families too)

[smirkymonkey]

15. I hope he sues the hell out of them!

And I'm glad he exposed their racism and brutality.

[Stuart G]

16. Picture of Bennet during arrest..(found at latest news, Bennet story.. post 7..by iluvtennis)

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[rufus dog]

17. I am hoping ............

That the vast majority of NFL players take a knee starting tomorrow night. Not just for this occurrence, but for every occurrence across the U.S.

I am often chastised for this, but you want to see this shit end? Every black HS player should boycott the SEC and other Southern Schools. As teams from the Midwest and West start kicking the ass of the Southern teams they will move immediately away from racial profiling and election laws that penalize blacks.

The shit that could be accomplished in five years would be mind blowing.

[hueymahl]

19. Don't follow

Would love to see all the NFL take a knee, but have no idea where you are going with the SEC comments. Care to elaborate? I'm guessing you are saying that racial profiling only goes on at SEC schools? Yet this article is about Las Vegas.

[rufus dog]

20. two different concepts

One is taking a knee

As for the SEC it is not a slam at racial profiling at the SEC schools, my point is that a targeted protest of southern schools would do more in five years to influence thinking. Is it realistic, no!

[pangaia]

18. THAT Michael Bennett... I hope he sues their fucking asses..

Even I know of him...

[madokie]

21. Money is all they care about so yes by all means,

sue their sorry asses.

We're better than this and those of us who don't have a skin color problem need to stand with those who do and Demand that this kind of bullshit be stopped.

We can and must do better than this is all I can say

[Mr.Bill]

22. It's bad enough what happened to him.

But what is worse, we would have never been made aware of it if he wasn't a famous NFL football player.

The real tragedy is this kind of thing goes on every day, actually probably right this minute somewhere in this country and we never hear about it. And all too often what happens is the cops cover for their mistake by planting drugs or a weapon on the guy, beat the shit out of him and then charge him with resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.

It's coming to light more often because of body cams (the recent arrest of a certain nurse comes to mind) and the fact that almost every average citizen is carrying a video camera in their pocket. It horrifies me to think off how many thousands of people have endured this injustice in the past. Without video, no one would have believed Rodney King, either. Don't forget there were 25 cops present at the Rodney King arrest from various agencies. And every one of them wrote a report at the end of their shift that King was not beaten once he was laying on the ground. They should have all been charged and convicted of felony conspiracy to obstruct justice.

[SonofDonald]

23. They saw his happiness and a smile

And thought let's roust the uppity black man and bring him down a notch, I can't think of any other reason to treat him the way they did.

It should be obvious he wasn't the first black man they've treated this way, that attitude didn't just appear out of the ether.

It was business as usual.

Add another reason I'll never go to Vegas, the first because of the felony charge to be caught with marijuana in a town drowning in booze.