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A female passenger on Cedric Benson 's boat Saturday night in Austin, Texas , was concerned enough about his safety after police took him into custody to phone her parents and urge them to call 911, the Tribune has learned. "I called my dad and told him, 'Call 911, my black friend is getting beaten up by police on Lake Travis,' " said Elizabeth Cartwright, 22, a friend of Benson's from the ... [link]

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Benson Boater: “My Black Friend is Getting Beaten Up”
Published 5/7/2008 by Tuffy at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... about the tempest in a Texas lake. Today, we hear that one of Cedric Benson’s friends present on the boat over the weekend when he was arrested for boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest will provide a statement in Benson’s defense. What will we hear in that statement? ...

Hey Lady, You’re Doing It Wrong.. [The Cedric Benson Boating Arrest]
Published 5/7/2008 by Chuck at Sportaphile
... A female passenger from Benson’s boat stepped forward today claiming she was so concerned about his safety, that she phoned her parents and urged them to call the police on Cedric’s behalf. ...

CED BENSON PARTIED WITH MOM, WHITE GIRLS
Published 5/8/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for your impressionable young children
... .  As noted  in the original post, Benson and the LCRA -- water cops! -- had strikingly different stories, with Benson's sounding like police brutality and the LCRA's sounding like dealing with an aggressive drunk.  This photo, supposedly taken a few hours before the arrest, shows that Benson is clearly guilty of partying with his mother (center), Sun Chips, and -- the most heinous crime of all -- white girls.  And, along with witnesses' reports, it's changing the way people are looking at the incident. ...

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