▁before ▁football ▁games . ▁He ▁said ▁his ▁st ance ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁violence ▁at ▁the ▁Un ite ▁the ▁Right ▁r ally ▁in ▁Char l ott es ville , ▁Virginia . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁U . S . ▁President ial ▁E lection , ▁Ben nett ▁end ors ed ▁Bern ie ▁Sand ers ▁in ▁the ▁Democratic ▁primary , ▁pra ising ▁him ▁for ▁his ▁positions ▁on ▁climate ▁control ▁and ▁social ▁justice . ▁In ▁the ▁ 2 0 2 0 ▁election , ▁he ▁again ▁end ors ed ▁Sand ers . ▁ ▁Ben nett ▁decl ined ▁a ▁trip ▁to ▁Israel ▁with ▁other ▁NFL ▁players ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁cit ing ▁his ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁Palest in ian ▁cause . ▁ ▁Leg al ▁issues ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Ben nett ▁was ▁involved ▁in ▁an ▁incident ▁outside ▁a ▁Las ▁Veg as ▁night club ▁with ▁two ▁police ▁officers . ▁Ben nett ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁officers ▁used ▁excess ive ▁force ▁on ▁him ▁and ▁stated ▁the ▁police ▁" th re aten ed ▁to ▁blow ▁my ▁head ▁off ." ▁The ▁police ▁have ▁denied ▁his ▁accus ations , ▁and ▁claim ▁the ▁video ▁evidence ▁does ▁not ▁cor ro bor ate ▁Ben nett ' s ▁story . ▁Clark ▁County ▁Sher iff ▁Joe ▁Lomb ardo ▁said ▁he ▁found ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁three ▁officers ▁who ▁encountered ▁Ben nett ▁ra cially ▁profile d ▁him ▁or ▁used ▁excess ive ▁force ▁against ▁him . ▁The ▁incident ▁remains ▁under ▁investigation . ▁ ▁On ▁March ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0