Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall is opening up about an incident that led him to join Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest.
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Marshall said back on the night of July 4, while at a restaurant with friends in the Bayside section of Miami, he was handcuffed and threatened by police after reports of a shooting in the area sent patrons fleeing the restaurant and police rushing in. A woman who Marshall said was directing traffic told police to stop him, and he was then handcuffed and threatened with a taser for resisting. As he was sitting in the back of a police car handcuffed, he heard a radio call from another officer come in, saying to release him.
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"They told me, 'Look, we're not going to take you in as long as you keep this between us,'" Marshall said.
According to the Denver Post, Miami Police are currently investigating the incident.
