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Green Bay Packers RB Responds After Incident Involving Getting Manhandled By Cops During Exhibition Soccer Game At Lambeau Field

Published 07/25/2022, 6:30 AM EDT

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Green Bay Packers’ RB AJ Dillon loves to watch soccer and, given the chance, wouldn’t miss watching a game. So he went to Lambeau Field to watch the exhibition match between Manchester City and Bayern Munich. While rain interrupted the game, Dillion decided to have some fun with the fans. However, things took a wild turn, and the RB issued a clarification later on.

While greeting the fans and having fun with them from outside the fence, he got manhandled by a police officer. Several videos shared on social media show a police officer on the field grabbing Dillon by the collar of his personalized red Bayern Munich jersey.

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Further, the police officer went on to push the Packers‘ RB aggressively. However, after a while, the officer let go of Dillon and the RB did a Lambeau Leap into the stands. Fans present in the stadium got a show despite the rain ruining the game for the most part. But AJ Dillon was not happy with the way he was manhandled at Lambeau Field.

Who would have expected that something like this could happen with A.J. Dillon? Certainly not him. Therefore, expressing his concern about bringing the true nature of events that took place, Dillon posted on Twitter.

Green Bay Packers’ AJ Dillon issues clarification regarding the police officer manhandling him at Lambeau Field

Dillon was interacting with fans and preparing to do his Lambeau Leap into the crowd. But the police officer grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled Dillon towards himself. Later, the RB is interacting with the officer, explaining to him what he intends to do in order to ‘hype up the crowd.’

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Dillon’s Twitter post read, “Two security told me and helped me come down to the field during the 30 minute rain delay, so I could do a lambeau leap and hype up the crowd… I’m assuming he missed them telling me to come down..”

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After almost being denied the famous Lambeau Leap, AJ Dillon managed to convince the police officer. It is unknown what provoked the officer to engage in a confrontation with the RB. Nevertheless, the fans had a memorable time.

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Ayush Jha is an NFL author at EssentiallySports. He is a current graduate of the University of Delhi and has worked on publishing academic research in the past. Ayush has always been an avid sports lover, representing his school team in cricket and soccer.
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