an nfl player who was riding his scooter in miami, florida, on saturday night reportedly told the police officers who pulled him over they stopped him because he is 'a black man with dreads' officers reported new orleans saints cornerback brian dixon was traveling down the center of the road, passing other vehicles and swerving on his white scooter around 1120pm in south beach when dixon, 24, stopped and was informed of the violations, he became 'belligerent' and started to yell, according to a miami beach police report scroll down for video  new orleans saints cornerback brian dixon was charged with resisting arrest without violence to his person  the 24 year old was arrested on saturday night in miami after police say he was operating his scooter unsafely  after he was stopped by cops, dixon allegedly said: 'you're just doing this because i'm a black man with dreads' he asked police if they were serious about ticketing him and claimed he was only making a u turn, the advocate reported he then allegedly yelled: 'just give me my ticket so i can get the f**k out of here' the officers ordered dixon to sit on the curb because of his 'imposing size, stature, and weight, as well as the defendant's agitated state' police said he refused and then took a 'bladed' or fighting stance toward a female officer, according to the times picayune after police had trouble taking him into custody, dixon was placed under arrest with the assistance of ''several other spring break units' before that happened, dixon allegedly said: 'let me go 'you're just doing this because i'm a black man with dreads and i look like a criminal 'i'm not a criminal' he added: 'i give so much to this community 'i'm an nfl player let me call my agent' dixon went on twitter after his release from the turner guilford knight correctional center on $1,000 bail  dixon was charged with resisting arrest without violence to his person the first degree misdemeanor is punishable with maximum penalties of one year in jail or 12 months probation and a $1,000 fine he was booked around 550am at the turner guilford knight correctional center in miami police also issued two traffic citations to the young athlete the defensive back went on twitter after his release on $1,000 bail and tweeted: 'it hurts to know that i wasn't causing no trouble and was fully cooperating' the fort lauderdale native appeared in all 16 games regular season games for the saints last season he had 18 tackles, one pass defensed and forced a single fumble dixon was paid $425,000 in 2014 after signing a three year $1535million contract with the saints, spotrac reported in 2015 he will earn a base salary of $510,000
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