{"id":12714,"date":"2024-10-30T00:51:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=12714"},"modified":"2024-10-30T00:51:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T00:51:05","slug":"detroit-lions-release-statement-after-police-bodycam-footage-leaks-of-star-wr-jameson-williams-being-pulled-over-with-multiple-guns-on-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=12714","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Lions Release Statement After Police Bodycam Footage Leaks Of Star WR Jameson Williams Being Pulled Over With Multiple Guns On Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/detroit-lions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Lions<\/a>\u00a0have released a statement regarding the bodycam footage release of an incident involving star wide receiver\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jameson-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jameson Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, WXYZ obtained\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/local-news\/investigations\/detroit-police-investigate-why-detroit-lions-wr-jameson-williams-avoided-arrest-after-gun-found-in-car#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video footage<\/a>\u00a0of officers for the Detroit Police Department pulling over a vehicle driven by Jameson Williams\u2019 brother (Jameson was in the passenger seat) after midnight on Oct. 8.<\/p>\n<p>The officers are informed that they have two guns in the vehicle. Though Jameson\u2019s brother had a legal license for the guns, the Lions star was briefly detained after revealing that one of the guns belongs to him. Williams is then placed in handcuffs and taken into the cop car. He informs the officers that he plays for the Lions, and they eventually release him.<\/p>\n<p>Per Nolan Bianchi of<em>\u00a0The Detroit News<\/em>, the Lions released a statement on the video involving Jameson Williams. The team said they\u2019ve spoken to him about the matter, that he\u2019s hired an attorney and they\u2019ll decline furthe moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions<\/a> on Jameson Williams <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dFxii1NypN\">pic.twitter.com\/dFxii1NypN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nolan Bianchi (@nolanbianchi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nolanbianchi\/status\/1851384221400526928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: 2 weeks before his PED suspension, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions<\/a> Jameson Williams was nearly arrested after Detroit police found MULTIPLE GUNS in his car.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the department is investigating why he was released despite plans to take him to jail\u2026<\/p>\n<p>WILD.<\/p>\n<p>(Via ABC7) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enkRVCJXdx\">pic.twitter.com\/enkRVCJXdx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1851378192667353173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Per WXYZ, Detroit Police Commander Michael McGinnis expressed confusion about why Jameson Williams was released and not arrested:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI feel that there was probable cause to arrest, and he was under arrest by the patrol officer. And because of that, he should have been conveyed to the Detroit Detention Center and processed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Durability has been a problem for Williams over his first three\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0seasons. The 2022 first-round pick missed most of his rookie season recovering from a torn ACL that he suffered in Alabama\u2019s national championship game loss to the Georgia Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>Williams is currently serving a two-game suspension for violating the NFL\u2019s PEDs policy, which was announced last week. Williams also served a four-game suspension last year for violating the league\u2019s gambling policy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jameson-williams-is-having-his-best-season-in-2024\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jameson Williams Is Having His Best Season In 2024<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s too early to know if Williams will face further discipline for the Lions or the NFL for this incident. The legal process still has to play out.<\/p>\n<p>Through his first six games, Williams had 17 receptions for 361 yards and three touchdowns. The Lions currently sit atop the NFC standings with a 6-1 record, but it remains to be seen if they\u2019ll have Williams over the long run for their\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/super-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Super Bowl<\/a>\u00a0quest.<\/p>\n<p>Durability has been a problem for Williams over his first three NFL seasons. The 2022 first-round pick missed most of his rookie season recovering from a torn ACL that he suffered in Alabama\u2019s national championship game loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0have released a statement regarding the bodycam footage release of an incident involving star wide receiver\u00a0Jameson Williams Earlier today, WXYZ obtained\u00a0video footage\u00a0of officers for the Detroit Police &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12716,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12714\/revisions\/12716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}