Dez Bryant says the most upsetting part of his weekend encounter with police was having his daughters see it unfold.
The former Cowboys star addressed the incident after footage circulated showing a tense scene that reportedly ended with officers pointing a weapon at him. Bryant said the confrontation started with what he described as reckless driving by two men. From there, he said, everyone ended up in the same parking lot, where the dispute escalated.
Bryant said the argument turned physical when he knocked a phone out of one man’s hand. He also said one of the men threatened him. “He go to threatening me and basically saying, um, he’ll insinuate that he’ll, you know, he’ll shoot me or whatever,” Bryant said.
According to Bryant, he pushed back immediately. “You pull that gun, I’m telling you right now, you better use it because if you don’t, I’m going to do something to you,” he recalled.
He said no one produced a weapon before police arrived. Bryant added, “No, he didn’t pull a gun out on me.”
Instead, he said the man began recording him on a phone. Bryant said he asked him to stop filming and then knocked the phone from his hand.
Bryant said the other man then said he would call police, and Bryant welcomed that because he believed officers would look into the threat. But he said the response from law enforcement was not what he expected.
A responding officer reportedly drew a gun and ordered everyone to the ground. Bryant said what hit him hardest was the sight of his children watching. “I was really more so concerned about my children, you know, looking at their dad, you know, being on the ground with a gun pointed at me,” Bryant said.
Bryant said his girlfriend arrived with his two daughters and recorded the scene. He also said officers handcuffed the men, questioned them, and then released them with a citation. As for the other men involved, Bryant said they were allowed to leave.
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