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Benson was Boating While Black. Come on, everyone knows blacks can't swim and don't like water, right? If you saw a boat on the lake with a bunch of black guys that obviously can't be right. Especially if there were a couple of white girls.

I live in that county, and I'm a little bugged that the cop admitted that there was no cause, suspicion or reason to stop Benson in the first place. If there was no reason, so little that the cop can't even fabricate one afterwards, I kinda wonder if maybe the *only* thing was Boating While Black.

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I heard the Bear talking about it today. He was very calm and rational. As JRV notes, the cop may have been a tad "ambitious". This is also the state that let Cheney sober up before questioning him about shooting his friend.

There appears to be a great divide in the administration of Justice in parts of Texas. Part of it appears to racial ... not like Texas is alone in this. And, part appears to be class oriented as well - poor whites appear to be victims of zealous Texas law enforcement as well.

So, I'm going to give this player the benefit of the doubt.


But, the Dean is right. More and more it's the National Felon League.

It's why I was actually happy the Jets didn't get McFadden - character issues before millions tends to mean major issues afterwards. And, NYC has waaaaay too many temptations for those inclined to indulge.

Someone emailed me about the Bengals who seem to want to continue to collect problems and potential problems. They drafted Fresno State defensive tackle Jason Shirley, who was suspended three times his senior season and eventually kicked off the team. Sounds like a fine citizen ...




Maybe the NFL makes them keep on the helmets so we can't ID them by their "wanted" posters.