Agent: Baltimore Ravens rookie linebacker Tony Fein’s arrest caused by police profiling

Agent: Baltimore Ravens LB Fein was profiled

BALTIMORE — The agent for Baltimore Ravens undrafted rookie Tony Fein says the linebacker’s weekend arrest in Baltimore was the result of police profiling.

Fein was arrested and charged Sunday with assaulting a police officer.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi (goo-lee-EL-mee) says Fein was eating at Johnny Rockets when a security officer thought he saw him pass a handgun to a friend. It turned out to be a cell phone.

Guglielmi says that when police questioned Fein, he became belligerent and shoved the officer.

But Fein’s agent, Milton Dee Hobbs, says it was the officer who was aggressive and that Fein didn’t shove him. Hobbs says police approached Fein because he was a black man wearing a sweat suit and hoodie.

Hobbs also says Fein has never owned a weapon.