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Police acted appropriately and professionally detaining Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett when he ran from a casino as officers searched for an active shooter following a report of gunfire at an after-hours club on the Las Vegas Strip, the head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Friday. A review of hundreds of videos, including police body-worn cameras, found no evidence that the three officers who had direct contact with the NFL star early Aug. 27 profiled Bennett by race or used excessive force, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. "Mr. Bennett has a valid perspective as a person who experienced a reasonable-suspicion stop for a felony crime," Lombardo told reporters. Continue to Article

September 30, 2017 12:11:pm EST

Eyebrows were raised when Seahawks safety Earl Thomas missed two days of practice with a knee injury, on Wednesday and again on Thursday. On Friday, Thomas quietly made a complete exit from the injury report. Thomas appears nowhere on the Friday report — not as participating on a limited basis or fully participating with a knee injury. Continue to Article

September 30, 2017 10:26:am EST

Police officers who detained the Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, a black man, as he ran from a reported active shooter at a Casino were not guilty of racially profiling the footballer, the Las Vegas police chief said Friday. Bennett was detained at gunpoint, handcuffed and seated in a patrol car for 10 minutes early on August 27 while police searched the casino, where Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor had been fighting a boxing match, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Seahawks star had tweeted that he was detained violently and feared it was because he is black, but a police review that looked at hundreds of videos, including from body cameras, has concluded that none of the three officers who had direct contact with Bennett profiled him by race or used more force than was acceptable, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. Continue to Article

September 30, 2017 6:19:am EST

Police officers who detained the Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, a black man, as he ran from a reported active shooter at a Casino were not guilty of racially profiling the footballer, the Las Vegas police chief said Friday. Bennett was detained at gunpoint, handcuffed and seated in a patrol car for 10 minutes early on August 27 while police searched the casino, where Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor had been fighting a boxing match, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Seahawks star had tweeted that he was detained violently and feared it was because he is black, but a police review that looked at hundreds of videos, including from body cameras, has concluded that none of the three officers who had direct contact with Bennett profiled him by race or used more force than was acceptable, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said. Continue to Article

September 30, 2017 6:19:am EST