Posted on 03/24/2018 12:26:58 PM PDT by jazusamo
Defensive end accused of injuring elderly paraplegic at Super Bowl LI
Allegations of racism have erupted over the indictment Friday of NFL star Michael Bennett, even though he’s being prosecuted by a liberal, Soros-backed district attorney for a crime against a black victim.
Progressive activists and commentators weighed in after the three-time Pro Bowl defensive end was indicted by a grand jury on a felony count of injuring a 66-year-old disabled black woman last year at Super Bowl LI, calling the charge “bogus,” “BS,” and a “set up.”
Columnist Shaun King said Mr. Bennett was charged because he “touched a woman’s shoulder,” although Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said the paraplegic woman, part of the stadium security team, suffered a sprained shoulder after Bennett shoved her as he tried to get onto the field after the game.
According to the chief, Mr. Bennett told a police officer at the scene, “F— you” and “You all must know who I am, and I could own this motherf—er. I’m going onto the field whether you like it or not.”
His defenders argued that the 32-year-old Philadelphia Eagles player was targeted as a result of his race and his social-justice activism. Mr. Bennett has refused to stand for the national anthem and last year accused Las Vegas police of racial profiling after he was briefly detained.
At the same time, Mr. Bennett could have hardly drawn a prosecutor more sympathetic to the rights of defendants than Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.
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This jerk is the perfect example of why we need the great equalizer. If the average person is disarmed, these thugs will rule the world with terror. In the meantime, I keep my guns clean and loaded.
I don’t like this guy, but the crime consists of pushing his way through the wrong entrance, supposedly “spraining” the woman’s shoulder. They waited 13 months to hold a news conference and charge the guy. Sounds overblown.
“Racism charges fly over indictment of NFL’s Bennett despite liberal prosecutor, black victim”
After reading the arrive I have to After, Michael Bennett is a racist.
Could be but I only know what’s in the article.
The prosecutor bringing charges is a leftist and I think the police chief is also.
Not saying there may be some other motive for charging him though.
Now this iz something to smile about. Trouble in our enemy’s tent is always welcomed news.
Wait. A 66 yo paraplegic was part of the Stadium security team?
Talk about affirmative action hiring...
Yep, that’s exactly what it was.
O.J. did it. Case closed.
Guilty as Hell .... now way a Harris county DA would indict a black if there was any wiggle room at all.
I couldn’t agree more.
Like was mentioned in the article, they’re relying on the witness accounts and there had to be many.
The thug slammed a senior citizen in a wheelchair up against a wall. I’d like to see some of those accounts, they have to be brutal.
Amen...Check my post right after yours.
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