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Carroll supports Bennett while saying Seahawks should stand

By TIM BOOTH “I can appreciate a man very courageous in the po-
AP Sports Writer that no matter what the cir- sition he’s in and the things
RENTON, Washington (AP) cumstances are, no matter that he says, and I’m very
— Seattle Seahawks coach what people are going to proud to be his brother
Pete Carroll said he sup- think, no matter what peo- and to see him make the
ported Michael Bennett’s ple are going to say, his impact that he does — not
decision to sit during the morals and what he thinks just with stances like that
national anthem while also is right to him, he’s going to but the work that he does
saying he believes players stand up for it,” teammate in the community, the type
should stand for “The Star- Cliff Avril said. of father that he is.”
Spangled Banner.” Carroll said he’s met with Doug Baldwin was anoth-
Bennett’s actions were a Bennett on a couple of er player supporting Ben-
primary topic of conversa- occasions since Sunday to nett. Baldwin spoke out on
tion for Carroll on Tuesday, talk about his actions. a number of issues a year
two days after Bennett sat “We’ve talked a lot about ago when Kaepernick was
on the bench during the all that is going to come to kneeling during the an-
anthem before the pre- him and listened very care- them. Baldwin became
season opener against the fully to people’s perspec- emotional Tuesday when
Los Angeles Chargers. Ben- tive and stay very true and pointing out the topic of
nett didn’t inform Carroll or stay very much in the mid- discussion compared to
his teammates of his deci- dle so he doesn’t get cap- the ongoing issues of race
sion to sit while the rest of tured one way or the other in the country.
the Seahawks stood locked by somebody else’s con- “He made himself vulner-
arm-in-arm on the sideline cerns, somebody else’s is- In this June 13, 2017, file photo, Seattle Seahawks defensive end able. Now he’s put himself
Sunday. sues,” Carroll said. “I’ll con- Michael Bennett walks off the field following NFL football prac- out there and I know what
tice in Renton, Wash.
“It’s easy for me to support tinue to support him and Associated Press that’s like and sometimes
him in his issues. But I think help in every way. We’ll it’s a scary position to be in
we should all be standing visit regularly and hopefully Robert Quinn raised his teammates and his brother and to me it is very brave,”
up when we’re playing the all make sense of the things right fist, continuing his ap- Martellus, a tight end for Baldwin said. “Especially
national anthem,” Carroll that come his way.” proach from last season Green Bay. about a topic that he feels
said. Bennett was at least the following then-San Francis- “I support Michael in ev- so deeply about, that I feel
Bennett said after the third prominent NFL player co 49ers quarterback Colin erything he does. He’s very so deeply about. Injustice
game that the violence to protest during the an- Kaepernick’s decision to well-educated on what it is and inequality, whether
in Charlottesville, Virginia, them in the first full week kneel during the anthem. he wants to happen in the you agree with it or not
including the death of a of preseason games. Oak- Kaepernick is a free agent, world and what he’s try- — that’s irrelevant. Some-
woman who was struck by land Raiders running back and the fallout from his pro- ing to communicate, and I body believes something,
a car deliberately driven Marshawn Lynch, a former test has not abated, even think he does an awesome so I definitely think the way
into a group of counter- teammate of Bennett’s in as he remains unsigned. job,” Martellus Bennett that he approached it was
protesters, solidified his de- Seattle, also sat. Los An- Bennett’s action was re- said Tuesday. “I love him excellent, very methodical
cision. geles Rams defensive end ceiving strong support from to death, and I think he’s but also very brave.”q
Report: Woods had marijuana, painkillers in system at arrest

By TERRY SPENCER and the anti-insomnia drug with my doctors, and they
Associated Press Ambien in his system when feel I’ve made signifi-
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) he was arrested at 2 a.m. cant progress.” Woods is
— Tiger Woods had the ac- May 29 about 15 miles scheduled to plead guilty
tive ingredient for marijua- from his home in Jupiter. to reckless driving Oct. 25
na, two painkillers and two Officers had found him un- and enter the county’s
sleep drugs in his system conscious in his Mercedes- diversion program. Under
when he was arrested on a Benz, which was parked the plea deal, prosecu-
DUI charge earlier this year, awkwardly on the side of tors would drop the DUI
a report released Tuesday the road and had damage charge, which is a more
by police said. to the driver’s side. It’s not severe charge than reck-
Police in Jupiter, Florida, re- clear how he damaged less driving. In the diversion
leased the report less than the car. Officers checked program, Woods will spend
a week after the golf su- the area but didn’t find a year on probation and
perstar agreed to enter a that he had hit anything. pay a $250 fine and court
diversion program to settle Woods issued a statement costs. He would also have
his driving while intoxicated Tuesday saying he had to attend DUI school, per-
charges. The report’s con- been trying on his own to form 50 hours of commu-
tents were first reported treat his insomnia and pain nity service and attend a
Monday by ESPN. from his fourth back sur- workshop where victims of
The report, prepared by gery, which he underwent impaired drivers detail how
the Palm Beach County in April. He did not specifi- In this Feb. 2, 2017, file photo, Tiger Woods reacts on the 10th their lives were damaged.
Sheriff’s Office, says Woods, cally address the marijua- hole during the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic golf tour- Since the program began
41, had THC, the active in- na issue. None was found nament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. four years ago, almost
gredient for marijuana; as in his possession. Associated Press 2,400 defendants have
well as the painkillers Vico- “I realize now it was a mis- enrolled, according to the
din and Dilaudid; the anxi- take to do this without Woods, who completed ment program last month. Palm Beach County State
ety and sleep drug Xanax; medical assistance,” said an out-of-state drug treat- “I am continuing to work Attorney’s Office.q