Arizona cops were searching for a 19-year-old white man involved in a shooting when they detained a 53-year-old Black and former NFL football player at gunpoint earlier this year, along with his 26-year-old daughter.

This week, Wesley Leasy, who played linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals in the mid-1990s, filed a notice of claim against the Mesa and Phoenix police departments which is the precursor to a lawsuit, demanding a million dollar settlement to keep the lawsuit from being filed.

“I’ve never been so afraid in my entire life,” Leasy said in an interview with NBC News.

“That will be with me until my time comes.”

The incident took place on April 10 as Leasy was picking up his daughter, Jade Leasy, from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport after she returned from a business tri

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