defensive end with Las Vegas police that took place on Aug. 26, after attending the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. Bennett says he heard gunshots as he was walking back to his hotel and as he and others began to flee the area, police "singled" him out. Bennett ended up on the ground with police pointing a gun at him for "nothing more than being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time." The police Bennett's claims of racial profiling, but video footage of the incident left his brother, tight end ,
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