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ANOTHER WITNESS SUPPORTS BENSON
Published 6 days ago by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... that he wasn’t drunk and that he was mistreated by police, a contention that has been corroborated by one of the women who were on his boat. Benson is now finding support from a woman who had no connection to his boat.  Toby Patch claims that he saw police “manhandling” Benson after they took him off the boat. “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 told WXAN in Texas, via the Chicago Tribune .“They ended up — ...

Cedric Benson Drama Grows More Public (Now w/Video)
Published 6 days ago by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... ) In response to pictures from a UT co-ed showing large black men partying with white women in an attempt to humanize Benson, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office launched a multimedia counterstrike with a video showing a fuzzy surveillance video of a compliant and demure large black man with his head hung following directions without “cockiness” noted in the police report during arrest. Seriously, does either side know what they’ve got themselves into? The police undermined their case by showing a polite young man following directions and a naive young woman sandbagged her ...

Another witness backs up Cedric Benson's side of the story
Published 5 days ago at Shutdown Corner
One woman who was partying with Cedric Benson on his boat has already come forward to dispute the police version of what happened aboard the Good Ship Benson. Today, we've got another witness, and this one wasn't on Benson's boat, or partying with him. From ChicagoSports.com (where there's also fairly boring video of Cedric Benson being booked into jail): A witness emerged Thursday to support Benson's claim that he was mistreated at nearby Emerald Point Marina on Saturday night. Toby Patch claims he saw police ...

Video Of Cedric Benson's Booking Released and Questions Continue to Mount
Published 5 days ago by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... You can watch the whole thing at the Chicago Tribune's site but here's the quick recap. It's a man walking into a police station in hand cuffs, hanging his head and showing none of the confrontational nature he's been accused of in the official police report. I'm not sure what we're supposed to get from the video, it has nothing to do with the incident in question, but there it is. ...

Another Witness Comes Forward to Back Cedric Benson
Published 5 days ago by Fornelli (noreply@blogger.com) at Foul Balls
... There's a new witness coming out in support of Cedric Benson's claims that it was the LCRA officers who were abusive of Benson, and not the other way around as they would have us believe. The witness is Toby Patch, and though he wasn't on Cedric's boat, he was at the nearby Emerald Point Marina . "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 told KXAN-TV in Austin. Near the parking area, Patch says the treatment of ...

L’Affaire Benson: The Booking Video Surfaces
Published 5 days ago by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... .) And it’s more than just a second witness - from another boat - coming forward to say the police manhandled the Bears running back. “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 … It was uncalled for, it was ludicrous, no point for it.” ...

Benson situation just plain weird
Published 5 days ago at Goal-Line Stand
... The Tribune added that during the alleged police beatdown Benson screamed out, “please stop, Mom, make them please stop.” So he’s got the support of his friends, but they’re his friends. And it’s extremely hard to believe the police would get out of hand with a guy right in front of more than a dozen of his friends (and his mother), especially considering most of those folks likely had cameras. Benson could be saved by an unconnected eyewitness, who came forward Thursday. Again, the Tribune has the goods : A witness emerged Thursday to support Benson's claim that he was ...

Cedric Benson fights back
Published 5 days ago by Anthony Brown at The NFL Source
... Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson plans to mount a vigorous defense of misdemeanor charges of boating under the influence and resisting arrest in an incident on Lake Travis near Austin, Texas last weekend. ...