The Brief

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Former Arizona Cardinals linebacker Wesley Leasy has filed a notice of claim against both the Mesa and Phoenix Police Departments.

The backstory:

In April, Leasy and his daughter were mistakenly ordered to the ground and held at gunpoint by police.

The former football player and Scottsdale resident was being a dad, picking his daughter up from the airport.

Leasy recalled the moment his life flashed before his eyes, listening to his daughter’s cries for help. It’s a moment that still haunts him, knowing the outcome could have been very different that day and there was nothing he could do to protect his daughter.

Body camera video showed the father and daughter on the ground, surrounded by nearly a dozen officers, all with their guns drawn and lasers poi

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