Peter Schaffer, the agent of Bengals star Joe Mixon, issued a statement Thursday night regarding misdemeanor charges the running back is currently facing for alleged aggravated menacing.
Schaffer told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero that the charges are expected to be dropped on Friday morning after Cincinnati police issued an arrest warrant for Mixon on Thursday. The warrant stemmed from an incident that reportedly took place in Jan. 21 when the 26-year-old allegedly pointed a gun at a woman and told her, “You should be popped in the face. I should shoot you now. The police can’t get me,” according to Cincinnati’s FOX 19 Now.
“It was a rush to judgment,” Schaffer said to Pelissero. “They’re dropping the charges first thing in the morning. I really feel that police have an obligation before they file charges—because of the damage that can be done to the person’s reputation—to do their work. They should be held to a higher standard. Because I don’t play with people’s lives.”
