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> May 5, 2008
>
> Benson says officers used excessive
> force, will fight charges
>
> SI.com:  http://tinyurl.com/6mdono
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>
> Excerpt:
>
> Chicago Bears running back Cedric
> Benson believes officers used exces-
> sive force against him and plans to
> fight charges he operated a boat while
> intoxicated and resisted arrest on a
> Texas lake over the weekend.
>
> "He denies that he was intoxicated,"
> attorney Brian Carney said Monday.
> "He denies that he resisted arrest."
>
> Benson is scheduled to appear in
> Travis County Court on May 19 to
> face charges stemming from an inci-
> dent Saturday night.
>
> Benson failed a sobriety test while
> operating a 30-foot boat on Lake
> Travis near Austin and resisted
> arrest before being hit with pepper
> spray, Travis County Sheriff's De-
> partment spokesman Roger Wade
> said Sunday.
>