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Sheriff says traffic stop of New England Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts is not a ‘racial issue’

The sheriff of Fort Bend County, Texas, said during a Friday afternoon press conference that he doesn’t believe the traffic stop interaction between one of his deputies and New England Patriots linebacker Elandon Roberts was “about race.”

The press conference followed a report by USA TODAY, in which Roberts told the publication he felt he was being harassed by the officers in the driveway of his home in the Houston suburb of Richmond after he was pulled over for speeding on March 10. The article included a 1 minute and 31 second edited clip of the dashcam video from the traffic stop.