7StraightIsGreat
Well-Known Member
Sorry, I can't embed a link at the moment but I just read an article by Clay Travis on his Outkick The Coverage site and he puts Bennett on blast, calls him out as a flat out liar, and goes through the possible evidence to defend his claim.
Some of the tidbits:
-Bennett claims that he was fleeing the sounds of gunshots and was stopped by police for being black. Travis points out that there is video footage of police entering a casino with guns drawn as they respond to a possible active shooter call. Travis states that as police make their way through the casino, Bennett can be seen on video crouching behind some slot machines, appearing to try and hide from police. To be fair, that's an assumption as I could see it entirely possible that he was trying to hide from a potential shooter. Either way, at some point Bennett decides to run, police allegedly ask him to stop, he doesn't, and at this point police chase him.
-It's pointed out that on the casino footage, most of the people trying to get out of there were black. Travis then states that if police were looking to detain a black person just for the sake of doing so, they had plenty of opportunity.
-After Bennett is caught by police, there's cell phone footage with audio, capturing the interaction of Bennett and the cops. Travis points out that there's nothing said by the cops that matches up with Bennett's statement. Perhaps the threats were made before the cell phone footage began?
-As far as a gun being held to Bennett's head, nothing like that happens on the cell phone video and Travis states that the weapon in the policeman's hand appears to be a taser. He then conceeds that it might be a gun, but points out that the police already had guns drawn as they entered the casino so it wouldn't be unusual if guns were still drawn by the time they caught Bennett.
I don't know enough about Clay Travis to know if he has an agenda behind this article but I did find it a very interesting read and thanks to the fact that there is video footage in the casino as well as of the apprehension of Bennett, it is starting to make me question just exactly went on during this incident.
Some of the tidbits:
-Bennett claims that he was fleeing the sounds of gunshots and was stopped by police for being black. Travis points out that there is video footage of police entering a casino with guns drawn as they respond to a possible active shooter call. Travis states that as police make their way through the casino, Bennett can be seen on video crouching behind some slot machines, appearing to try and hide from police. To be fair, that's an assumption as I could see it entirely possible that he was trying to hide from a potential shooter. Either way, at some point Bennett decides to run, police allegedly ask him to stop, he doesn't, and at this point police chase him.
-It's pointed out that on the casino footage, most of the people trying to get out of there were black. Travis then states that if police were looking to detain a black person just for the sake of doing so, they had plenty of opportunity.
-After Bennett is caught by police, there's cell phone footage with audio, capturing the interaction of Bennett and the cops. Travis points out that there's nothing said by the cops that matches up with Bennett's statement. Perhaps the threats were made before the cell phone footage began?
-As far as a gun being held to Bennett's head, nothing like that happens on the cell phone video and Travis states that the weapon in the policeman's hand appears to be a taser. He then conceeds that it might be a gun, but points out that the police already had guns drawn as they entered the casino so it wouldn't be unusual if guns were still drawn by the time they caught Bennett.
I don't know enough about Clay Travis to know if he has an agenda behind this article but I did find it a very interesting read and thanks to the fact that there is video footage in the casino as well as of the apprehension of Bennett, it is starting to make me question just exactly went on during this incident.
