WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Cedric Benson Booking Video

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CHICAGO (WBBM) - Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson has hired a prominent lawyer to represent him against misdemeanor charges of boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest. 

Another witness told a TV station in Austin, Texas that he saw police being unnecessarily rough with Benson. 

It's the second witness to back up Benson's claim he was roughed up by authorities.  Police say Benson was uncooperative.
Texas authorities released security video Thursday of Benson at the Travis County, Texas Jail.

The footage is from last weekend after Benson was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated and resisting arrest on the Austin, Texas area's Lake Travis.

Benson was arrested last Saturday by officers with the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). He reportedly failed a field sobriety test, became combative with the officers, and was pepper-sprayed.

About two hours after Benson's thirty-foot-long boat was stopped for a safety check, he was booked.

According to a release about his arrest Benson was argumentative, refused to cooperate, and even had to be dragged out of his boat to be arrested.

But once he got to the jail, according to a review of the security video cameras inside, Cedric Benson appeared to be a model prisoner.

Officers say Benson had bloodshot eyes, a strong odor of alcohol and slurred speech.

In the video you can see Benson entering the jail complex, wearing a white t-shirt and blue swimming trunks. He did not have to wait in the "bull-pen" area along with everyone else.

From there he was taken to an intake unit for processing, where he was forced to wait his turn to be searched and patted down.

It's all normal procedure according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office. The next stop for Benson was the DWI room. That's where he reportedly refused to take a breathalyzer test but was allowed to change from his swimming trucks into standard issue jail pants.

He was then fingerprinted and photographed as part of the normal process of being arrested and taken to a nurse's station for observation.

Nearly four hours later, about 3 a.m., Benson was freed from jail after posting more than $14,000 bond.