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Michael Bennett’s younger brother and Nikkita Oliver lead Black Lives Matter rally in support of Bennett and Colin Kaepernick

They marched through the streets of the International District, leaders of the protest prompting: “Mikey B is under attack. What do we do? Colin Kap is under attack, what do we do? Black lives are under attack, what do we do?”

“Stand up, fight back,” came the response from more than a hundred voices each time, with many of the protestors wearing Seahawks No. 72 jerseys to support defensive end Michael Bennett.

On Sept. 6, Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett publicly alleged that he was the victim of excessive force at the hands of Las Vegas Police Department officers, who, Bennett says, held him to the ground and pointed a gun at his head during an incident in Las Vegas on August 27.