Former NFL player seeks $2M after being mistakenly held at gunpoint by police

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

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 his 26-year-old daughter up 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/common Father and daughter reunion at the Airport and then drew their weapons, forcing them both to the ground, handcuffing both of them, and utterly refusing to take the context of the situation into account," the notice reads.

"Mr. Leasy and his Daughter must grapple with the pain and embarrassment stemming from their public arrest/imprisonment at the Airport," it continues.