watching, good night! this is "nightline." >> tonight, racial profiling? nfl star michael bennet pinned to the ground -- >> i wasn't doing nothing! >> handcuffed for a crime he didn't commit. >> the guns were already drawn. at that point i'm just thinking like, is this real right now? >> one officer holding a gun to the back of his head. now this super bowl champ speaking out exclusively with my coanchor byron pitts about what happened that night. and how he explained it to his daughters. plus, living on the edge. >> basically i'm sleeping like this tonight. >> we're on the side of the mountain with a world-champion

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good evening. thanks for joining us. another flash point between a black man and the police. but this time it's super bowl champ michael bennet pinned down, handcuffed, a gun to his head. all, he says, because of the color of his skin. tonight he speaks out exclusively with my "nightline" coanchor byron pitts on what happened and what it means to be black in america. >> i wasn't doing nothing, man! >> reporter: harrowing moments for nfl star michael bennet pinned down by a las vegas police officer. >> literally i'm terrified on the ground because i'm literally just worried if i make the wrong decision, if i don't --fy move too fast, if i twitch, he might say i'm resisting. because i'm a big guy, you know what i'm saying? >> officers responding to what later turned out to be a false alarm of an active shooter at the casino, honing in on bennett. as seen here in video obtained by tmz sports, ben

about the night he says his life could have ended. >> you can see that the officer has a gun to your head. >> yeah. that's the scariest part at that moment because i don't know what's going to happen next. >> what did he say when he had the gun to your head? >> i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off if you move." >> reporter: bennett, 2014 super bowl champion defensive end with the seattle seahawks. since the story is simply the latest chapter in a long tail of racial profiling, unexpected but not unimaginable outcome for someone who has stood up for racial equality on and off the field. >> i just want to see people have the equality that they deserve. i want to be able to use this platform to continuously push the message of that, you know. >> by all accounts, michael bennet is one of the good guys of the nfl. how's this happen to you? >> i'm a black man. through all the stuff that i've done in society, whether it's foundation, charity things, working with the military kids, working with kids in haiti, all over the world, here in the

the day i'm still a black man. >> reporter: before the las vegas incident, bennett protelsed racial injustice by refusing to stand during the national anthem. ♪ little did he know just a week later, he'd experience a police takedown that he says was racially motivated. it started out the night of august 26th. bennett was in las vegas for the mcgregor/mayweather fight. >> it was after the fight. we were in the casino. people started moving really fast. and then somebody said it was a gun. then that's when everything, everybody was on the ground. crawling, like trying to get out. >> everybody out, everybody out! >> reporter: this police body cam video shows some of the chaos that ensued. >> i felt like a movie almost. everything was happening so fast. people were running. people were scared. nobody knew what was going on. >> no one saw a gun but everyone saw pan nick. >> everybody saw panic. we saw police. we saw s.w.a.t. we started trying to get away. >> reporter: bennett says he found a place to

moment. >> first they say on the ground, then they say get out. one cop said go this way, another cop said go this way. i was complying bith what they said to do. >> reporter: he ran to the nearest door and exited. >> i'm thinking i'm free at that point, dang, i'm away. >> reporter: body cam video doesn't show what happened right after bennett left the building but he says he was treated like a suspect. >> all of a sudden i hear like somebody say, get on the ground! every story that you hear. now it's happening to you. >> reporter: las vegas police said the body cam of the officer who handcuffed bennett was not activated. the body video cam that was released you see what looked like a gun being held to bennett's head. >> i'm on the ground, gun behind me. thinking in my head, eric gardn gardner, all these people that have been through this and i'm terrified. >> you thought you were going to die? >> i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: former dallas police chief david brown analyzed things of the mest in the footage. >> there is never, ever an appropriate time or appr

action by an officer pointing a gun at the head of a person. >> i wasn't doing nothing, man! >> i was trying to explain to them, trying to talk to them, they weren't listening. they were like shut the [ bleep ] up, get in the car! >> reporter: officers eventually put him in a police hold. >> another officer came and up recognized who i was. i went from being just a black man to being a football player. >> reporter: they then released him. he was never arrested. bennett's lawyer questions why police zeroed in on bennett to begin with. >> the officers cannot articulate any particular facts that says that he was a justifiable suspect. the fact that he is a black guy running aamongst a whole bunch of other people, he's tall, et cetera, that's not reasonable suspicion and not a base upon which to stop him. >> reporter: allegations las vegas metropolitan police department deny in a press conference. >> i see no evidence that race played any role in this incident. while officers were searching the casino, they were able to safely evacuate

it's also important for me to note to you, both of the officers involved in this incident in question are of hispanic origin. >> he clearly doesn't have -- ignores the true realities of racial profiling. black officers, hispanic officers, white officers, all can be guilty of racial profiling, flat-out. >> reporter: abc news reached out to las vegas police for comment. they referred us back to the press conference where they essentially defended their officers. >> due to actions and the information officers had at the time, they believed bennett may have been involved in the shooting and they gave chase. >> reporter: they launched an investigation into the incident and are reviewing more than 100 videos from the scene. >> but unless things change dramatically, i will file a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that his fourth amendment rights were violated by the illegal detention and use of excessive force by placing a firearm, a gun, at the base of his head. >> reporter: some legal experts say that case may not have much to stand on

michael bennet is angry. but the officers had been called to a scene where they were told that there were shots fired. people were scrambling. and that he ran. and they then subdued him. whether they were right or wrong, that's a tough fact pattern for him to win a lawsuit. >> reporter: meanwhile the saints police union wrote a level to the nfl commissioner requesting the league investigate and take action against michael bennet adding, we hope the league will not ignore bennett's false accusations against our police officers. the commissioner later responding in a statement, bennett represents the best of nfl, adding, the issues michael has been raising deserve serious attention from all our leaders in every community." his brother martellus plays for the green bay packers and got emotional talking to reporters after the incident. >> you think, what if? you know? >> reporter: this past sunday the brothers played against each other on opposing

united in protest, with martellus raising his fist and michael sitting during the national anthem. >> for those who would say your stance is unamerican, not to stand up during the national anthem, you say? >> i say, i don't know. at this point, i think it's unamerican what happened to me. unamerican what happened to eric gardner. unamerican what happened to trayvon martin. what's the most american thing you can do? fight for equality for everybody. >> reporter: a move reminiscent of colin kaepernick's controversial protels on the field last season. colin kaepernick, has he reached out to me? >> he's reached out, we're good friends. we talk all the time. we just talked about this situation. he just prayed for me and just wished -- glad that i'm alive. so i was able to just talk about it as friends and brothers about this and how to move forward and deal with the trauma and stuff like that. >> reporter: he says the toughest conversation about what happened has been with his children. >> it's very hard. because it's like, to tell them that, look, it doesn't matter

and to explain to her about racially profiled and do all this stuff. and she just couldn't understand it. as a people we shouldn't have to tell our kids that they matter, that they should careful where they go at night, that they shouldn't wear certain things because they might get racially profiled. >> michael bennet is a world-class athlete. he comes from a family of preachers. what happened in vegas he says didn't shake his faith but stiffened his spine. stand up for what you believe and take nothing for granted on or off the field. >> every time i see my wife i try to kiss her like it's the first time i met. every time i play with my daughter like i hold her when she's just born. because you never know what can happen. >> for "nightline" i'm byron pitts in seattle. would you sleep here? this rock climbing rock star will spend ten nights dangling off the side of a mountain as she tries to make history. l out to bring you even more incredible shrimp

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you know this next story just might give you a new appreciation for your job. sasha de julien gets paid to scale mountains. free climbing. using nothing but her hands and feet. one false move and she could skid down a wall of jagged rock. and if the safety line gives out it could mean death. now she's attempting to go where no woman has gone before. the view above the clouds. never gets old for sasha de julien. even though this is her day job. >> this is the view. >> reporter: the 24-year-old is

a columbia university grad. a rock-climbing phenom. and social media sensation. more than 500,000 followers. >> all the cookies for me! >> reporter: she's once again looking to make history, to become the first woman to free climb africa's mora-mora. a massive natural wall of vertical granite at over 2,300 feet to the top. >> it's really a personal journey. it's like climbing isn't in competition with anyone else but yourself. >> reporter: we first met sasha in 2014. the then-college junior was attempting sardinia's mad man's journey. >> this is by far the hardest i've ever attempted. >> reporter: sasha lives for cliffs so steep, so remote, they seem impossible for any human to conquer. >> sasha is definitely the forefront of female rock climbers. she's certainly one of the best in the world. >> reporter: with a camera crew in tow and

ed jumaren, they took their shot. >> i'm almost invincible today. fy fall, i'll be falling fearlessly. i came over the ledge with my left hand. we made it! there's eddy's face with a big smile. all we could articulate was, whoo-hoo! >> reporter: sasha rates that climb as one of the most transformative in her life. her father had died suddenly just two months earlier. >> you know what's special about being here is that he's italian. i know that he would -- if he was around, he'd pull out the map and be like, this is where the family's from! it really makes you feel like life is really sacred. the main thing that has increased in the last three years is my confidence in myself. >> reporter: this time that confidence is pushing her to madagascar's mo

successfully free climbed it before. >> looks pretty big up close. >> reporter: free climbing is no joke. sasha and edju can't use extra aid to get up the wall, just their hands and feet. sometimes just their fingertips and toes. >> every move is super delicate. it's like tiptoeing. and dancing on your feet. super balletic climb. >> reporter: the rope only there in case they fall. once again, her sponsor, red bull, documenting the effort. >> scramble to the top. >> reporter: sasha and edju scale different sections of the wall every day for nearly a month, mapping the best route to the top. it's an intense experience, forcing them to work closely. >> my favorite thing about eddy is i can trust him a lot. >> my favorite thing of sasha is always

smile. and for sure it's super beautiful as well. >> reporter: their chemistry is clearly visible. on and off the mountain. >> for sure i have love with sasha. it's my preferred partner. >> no, i'm not answering that, no dating questions. >> reporter: no doubt their relationship is tested on this climb. >> i think we're about done with each other by the end of this. >> reporter: for ten days they won't come down to sleep. their nights will be spent on this. >> we have just mounted the portal edge. this is what it looks like. this is the view. basically going to be sleeping like this tonight. >> reporter: a port-a-ledge, a 4 x 7 foot piece of material. >> amazing

>> reporter: that sasha calls a flat hammock. at that height everything you take for granted on the ground becomes a challenge. >> we have bread. seafood. silverware. coconut shells. so luxurious. keeping that dental hygiene up. this is the way i live. >> reporter: those all-important private moments, not so private. >> what's happening? >> i am here. >> he's peeing. it's a good test for us. because -- we don't have wine coffee. no phones. maybe like 11 hours of waiting. nothing to do. >> nothing? >> nothing. >> something? >> something. >> maybe. >> reporter: the final push takes three days to get from the

without falling, requiring both physical and mental toughness. that's something sasha was working on last year when i met her at red bull's performing under pressure camp, where extreme athletes sharpen their mental game. when you're hanging literally by your fingertips, what kind of fear enters into your mind? what are you thinking? >> in climbing you enter different zones of thought. when i'm performing my best, i'm solely thinking of what's inside of me. today is the third day on the wall. you can see what we came through -- >> reporter: on their last day of climbing at mora-mora -- >> yeah! >> reporter: edju and sasha's helmet cameras capture the final push to the top. >> i see the summit. >> you see the summit? >> ten meters. >> reporter: sasha claiming her spot in

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finally tonight, hillary clinton tells "the view" her view on what happened last fall in that second presidential debate. >> i'd like to talk about the infamous debate night where he was like stalking you. >> yes. >> comedians went to town with that. >> i know, i know. >> you say in the book you should have said this, you shouldn't have said that. say it now. say it. >> okay. so we practice this. i was very committed to prepare for the debates. and we practiced the young man who played trump practiced stalking me. >> really? >>

oh, yes. stalking me. and saying really nasty things to me. because i wanted to keep my composure. you know, i -- at the end of the day, i thought people are going to say, okay, this is a big job, it's a really serious, hard job, let's go with the person who's the adult in the room. then, though, when i was actually on stage, it felt so different. >> yeah, yeah. >> and that's when i was thinking like, okay, what do i do? >> a serious job indeed. you can watch much more online at abcnews.com or join the conversation on our "nightline" facebook page. thanks for watching. good night, america. >> one player, three life lines, 14 questions, and $1 million up for grabs. it all starts right now on "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hey, guys, welcome to the show.

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