Another Witness Comes Forward to Back Cedric Benson

There's a new witness coming out in support of Cedric Benson's claims that it was the LCRA officers who were abusive of Benson, and not the other way around as they would have us believe.

The witness is Toby Patch, and though he wasn't on Cedric's boat, he was at the nearby Emerald Point Marina.

"As they were taking him up the dock, they stopped, he said, 'I am fine, I can continue walking,' and they put their legs behind his knees and knocked him over his knees and started hog-carrying him," Patch told KXAN-TV in Austin.

Near the parking area, Patch says the treatment of Benson worsened.

"They ended up--I don't know why--but laid him on his back, I heard him say, 'Please don't pepper spray me, please don't pepper spray me,'" Patch said. "It was uncalled for, it was ludicrous, no point for it."

Patch is the second witness to come forward backing up Benson's claims that he was mistreated, following in the footsteps of boat passenger Elizabeth Cartwright earlier this week. So it's starting to look like my initial feelings as to what happened here were right.

Still, even if Cedric is vindicated and has the charges dropped, he's still going to suffer for the incident. His next court date is May 19th, which also happens to be the day the Bears start OTA's. Cedric can't really afford to miss many practices seeing as how he's fighting to keep his job.