Suspended Oakland Raiders' player Aldon Smith was detained Thursday morning after a vehicle he was in struck an unmarked SFPD vehicle, injuring two officers, as ABC 7 reports. The incident happened outside SFPD headquarters near China Basin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, and a 25-year female was said to be driving the SUV at the time. She was detained for driving under the influence, and Smith was detained for public intoxication.
Per KRON 4, the SUV is registered to Smith, and Smith told reporters as he left the police station that he "never hurt anyone," and he denied that he had been detained at all. He's not expected to be charged. But, they say, he was still "reeking of booze," which, at that hour of the morning, is pretty impressive.
Smith, 26, was suspended from the Raiders in November on substance abuse charges connected to an August 6, 2015 drunk driving incident that was the same incident that led to getting him released from his contract with the 49ers that year. Prior to that, there were several DUIs and a gun charge, and Smith has actually been arrested a total of five times since he began his NFL career in 2011.
You may recall that Smith, back when he played for the 49ers, was also connected to the December 2014 incident at Ray McDonald's San Jose home in which a woman accused McDonald of assaulting her while she was unconscious, at a time when Smith was at the house as well.
Meanwhile, Dennis O'Donnell at KPIX/CBS 5 is calling for the NFL to end Smith's suspension, saying "Smith is a troubled man who makes poor decisions that have put his career in jeopardy," but saying he's "never understood the NFL’s policy of substance abuse suspensions."
Previously: Now Aldon Smith's Been Suspended From The Raiders For Substance Abuse