Former NFL player Wesley Leasy and his daughter are seeking $2 million after police mistakenly detained them at gunpoint at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport earlier in April.

Leasy, a linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals in 1995 and 1996, filed two notices of claim last week for $1 million in damages against the cities of Mesa and Phoenix; Mesa and Phoenix’s police departments; the Phoenix Aviation Department; and the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

The lawsuit alleges that on April 10, police pointed their guns at Leasy and then handcuffed him while he was picking up his 26-year-old daughter from the airport. Police mistook Leasy's white Mercedes for a car thought to belong to the suspect of a nearby shooting, the claim says.

"Police Officers witnessed a standard/

See Full Page