So a female had someone call 911 to report the cops were beating Cedric Benson

[Optimus Prime 4]

says her and her fiancee have pics, and support his story. She says she's been on his boat six times, and all six they have been pulled over for "safety checks".

After reading yesterday how a guy in Texas was taken to jail and strip searched for an turning without a signal here I find his story completely plausible

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

says her and her fiancee have pics, and support his story. She says she's been on his boat six times, and all six they have been pulled over for "safety checks".

After reading yesterday how a guy in Texas was taken to jail and strip searched for an turning without a signal here I find his story completely plausible

 

[VegasDawg13]

After reading yesterday how a guy in Texas was taken to jail and strip searched for an turning without a signal here I find his story completely plausible

I do too. That's kinda scary if you think about. If the cops are abusing their power and beating someone, what can you do about it? Who do you call? Don Corleone?</p>

 

[cowbell9]

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[Optimus Prime 4]

so that probably wouldn't be much help during the beating

 

[js290]

I do too. That's kinda scary if you think about. If the cops are abusing their power and beating someone, what can you do about it? Who do you call? Don Corleone?

"Don't taze me bro..." </p>

 

[cowbell9]

anyone except The Lord Amighty. Afterwards? You got options.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

especially if I'm watching, and not getting beaten. Hell, guy could be dead when it's over.

 

[cowbell9]

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[rebelrouseri]

just decided to beat the crap out of someone with dozens looking on for no reason. Now, if they happened to be bears fans, that's another story.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

for being a smart *** to them than they are for you breaking the law.

 

[Ivehadbetter]

When you consider how long boating season is, they have stopped Benson 6 times in a year. If they stop every boat 6 times per summer... damn. I guess MS just falls way behind there to cause we never get stopped, or even a second look. Although, I can see where having 15 passengers might increase your odds of getting checked.

Not saying I believe one side or the other completely. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. Easy to see cops over-reacting at the smell of alcohol and easy to see a pro athlete getting a little bit of an attitude.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

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http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Football_News/FBN_Bears_Benson_Arrested.html

http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Football_News/FBN_Bears_Benson.html

Living right next to Lake Travis, I can attest to the fact that 6 times in one year is extreme. I have a lot of friends who boat every weekend out there who have never been checked.

That being said, they usually don't have 15 people on their boat and act like fools, which he may or may not have been. I would think if he was really checked that many times in a year there may be a reason why other than he is a rich, NFL star.

Now...as for police and law enforcement around this area, I have seen first hand how they treat folks they think are intoxicated and operating any kind of motorized vehicle or boat. They don't mess around if they think you are lit. I came up on a wreck on 620 (which runs along side of Lake Travis) this past fall. The lady who was driving one of the vehicles was looked at by the paramedics and refused to go to the hospital to be checked. Once she refused, she was promptly given a field sobriety test in bare feet, then handcuffed and taken away.

The cops around here don't play when it comes to drinking and driving anything.

 

[cowbell9]

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[MadDawg.sixpack]

<span class="post-title"><span class="post-title">I just find it hard to believe that these cops...</span>just decided to beat the crap out of someone with dozens looking on for no reason</span>

I don't.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

She says she's been on his boat six times, and all six they have been pulled over for "safety checks".

**** that's nothing new. I got pulled over when I was younger on Bay Springs lake in Dads boat all the time for the same ****. they would go as far as telling me the fire extinguisher wasnt the correct one for the boat. Guess Crownline screwed up on that one. We got tired of their crap on their boring lake and started heading straight up the waterway to Pickwick. Only good thing about Bay Springs lake is that the water is fairly calm for skiing unless it's on a holiday or something.</p>

 

[LandArchDawg]

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[Roy Munson.sixpack]

if they see a bunch of folks on a boat, especially young ones, they will pull you over just about every time at orange beach. Always to check and make sure you have enough "life vests" for each passenger. You draw attention to yourself with more people and being young. Is is profiling, sure, and i have no problem with it in these cases even if it sucks ***....as for him being black or that maybe being the reason he got pulled over...i couldnt tell you because you RARELY see any black folks in a boat and if you do it is 2 old guys or 1 old guy in a 14 foot J boat...so yeah, him being black is probably drawing some attention...I know if i saw a boat load of young black folks coming by robinson island that i would take several looks...and then probably ask them to party with us...

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

probably draws attention.

 

[Shmuley]

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[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I heard that he was in Devil's Cove, which is one of the biggest party spots on the lake and gets a lot of attention at times from the Sheriff's department.

 

[patdog]

Why are you so hellbent on believing Cedric Benson? I don't deny that cops beat the **** out of people for no reason every day. But I strongly suspect that more than half of the people cops beat the **** out of were resisting arrest or otherwise asking for it.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

for some unknown reason, his story seemed believable to me the first time I heard it. I really don't know why myself.

 

[graddawg]

Pickwick Lake. I sure miss that place in the Summer.

 

[patdog]

His story certainly could be completely true. I just don't see any reason yet to believe it. If it is true there were 15 witnesses, then the truth will come out soon enough. Either their stories will fit together or they won't. I doubt 15 people could get a story straight if it weren't at least partly true.

 

[Porkchop.sixpack]

It's just that a lot of those reasons are that the perp offended the ossifer's ego.

Listen, I have known a lot of cops. And I have been fortunate to have been on their good side. If they decide to be pissed off at someone, it's all over. I can't imagine what it is like to have folks shooting at you and **** like that. I am sure it affects you. </p>