Redskins safety Su’a Cravens says he was racially profiled by a police officer in Northern Virginia during a traffic stop late last month.
In a series of tweets on Monday afternoon, Cravens said the officer “racially profiled me, followed me to the store, yanked and slammed me against my car, cuffed me and threw me in the back of his squad car” when he was pulled over for speeding. The officer also falsely accused Cravens of smelling like marijuana and fruitlessly searched the car for evidence of drugs, he said. The officer also called for backup.
The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that Cravens was pulled over for driving 39 mph in a 25-mph zone near a middle school on Nov.