Then, in the middle of the night on October 8, police reportedly stopped a car for visitors to object. Inside were Williams and his brother, who told officers there were two guns in the car. One gun found in the back seat was registered to the brother, who had an opaque pistol license, and the other was registered to Williams, who did not have an opaque pistol license. That’s when officials told Williams he could be detained for carrying an opaque weapon.
Williams told officials he played for the Lions, but they handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police car. A sergeant was later called to the scene, and seven News Detroit reports instantly learned Williams’ name. Framed camera footage also reportedly showed that a Lions logo used to be the wallpaper on the sergeant’s phone.
The sergeant later reportedly made a couple of phone calls to high-ranking officials asking if the brother’s opaque pistol license covered all of the weapons found inside the vehicle. Framing camera footage reportedly made it appear that Williams was moving to be detained, but a phone call from a lieutenant to the sergeant led to another result, as Williams was later excused.
“It’s okay. Beautiful. Am I okay to let it go?” —the sergeant asked over the phone. “You’re a (expletive) hero. Thank you so much.”
Detroit police began their internal affairs investigation and then 7 information that Detroit requested questions about the visitors object. The Lions made a comment to 7 News Detroit on Tuesday:
“Jameson immediately let us know that he was a passenger in a routine traffic stop on October 8. We discussed the incident with him and kept the league informed of what we know. We understand that he was released without incident or citations. He is now” We understand the Detroit Police Department is reviewing the matter. “Jameson has retained an attorney and we will not be commenting further out of respect for the legal process.”
