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| 9th May, 2008 - 8:54 pm |  ESPN - Bears' running back Cedric Benson has hired a new attorney to help him fight charges of drunken boating and resisting arrest in Texas, according to ESPN.com.
"I do not believe that Cedric was intoxicated when his boat was boarded by the [Lower Colorado River Authority] officers for a safety inspection," Benson's new lawyer Sam Bassett said Thursday to the Chicago Tribune. "I also am concerned that the force used by the LCRA officers, particularly the use of pepper spray, was not necessary under the circumstances."
Another witness vouched for Benson on Thursday, claiming that the police 'manhandled' the running back unnecessarily.
"As they were taking him up the dock, they stopped. He said, 'I am fine, I can continue walking,' and they put their legs behind his knees and knocked him over his knees and started hog-carrying him," Patch said, according to the report.
"They ended up -- I don't know why -- but laid him on his back, I heard him say, 'Please don't pepper-spray me, please don't pepper-spray me,'" Patch said, according to the report. "It was uncalled for, it was ludicrous, no point for it." [READ] |
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