Former NFL player seeks $2M after being mistakenly held at gunpoint by police

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former NFL player Wesley Leasy and his daughter are seeking $2 million after police mistakenly detained them at gunpoint at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport earlier in April.

Leasy, a linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals in 1995 and 1996, filed two notices of claim last week for $1 million in damages against the cities of Mesa and Phoenix; Mesa and Phoenix’s police departments; the Phoenix Aviation Department; and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

The lawsuit alleges that on April 10, police pointed their guns at Leasy and then handcuffed him while he was picking his 26-year-old daughter up from the airport. Police mistook Leasy's white Mercedes for a car thought to belong to the suspect of a nearby shooting, the claim says.

"Police Officers witnessed a standard/common Father and daughter reunion at the Airport and then drew their weapons, forcing them both to the ground, handcuffing both of them, and utterly refusing to take the context of the situation into account," the notice reads.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/former-nfl-player-seeks-2m-194828419.html

[MineralMan]

1. Clearly a "That Mercedes is too nice for any black man to own. Must be stolen" situation.

It's that freaking simple. "Driving a nice car while Black." That's the charge.

[malaise]

5. Ding ding

Rec

[Coldwater]

2. WTF

. "Leasy, who is Black, was detained despite the suspect being described as a white male by witnesses."

[Celerity]

3. At the time of the detainment, the Mesa police said in a statement that the shooter was "possibly a white male, wearing

a black mask and black sweats." Leasy and his daughter are Black.

[Coldwater]

6. What's even more insidious

is Wesley Leasy is 6'2" 140 lbs.

have you seen the white male suspect.

[Celerity]

8. Zero chance Leasy is 140 pounds. Add at least 70, 80, or 90 pounds.

[Coldwater]

11. I meant 240 lbs

[Celerity]

12. Ahhh, all good.

[AZJonnie]

4. Of course! Every criminal knows that the smartest move, after shooting someone and stealing their car

is to drive it to the airport and drive around the passenger pickup area. After all, there's like 0 police and 0 video cameras around THERE, right?!?

Assholes

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. This father kept his wits about him and did his best to protect his daughter

This man deserves a good recovery

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. Kick

[DFW]

10. I would have asked for $5 million each and then let them bargain down.

I’d still want the offending officers charged with false arrest, and prosecuted after losing their jobs.

“To Suspect with Nerve”