Donald Driver's Father in Hospital, Claims He Was Beaten by Police Officers

This is a story that is sure to make you shake your head.

According to a report by WBAY in Green Bay, Donald Driver's father was taken to an intensive care unit in Houston after claiming he was beaten by police officers who arrested him on outstanding traffic tickets.

Marvin Driver Jr. (not pictured), father of the Packers wide receiver, was apparently picked up this weekend by officers outside a Valero station and ended up at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center, where he is in good condition but is still hooked up to a ventilator after he claimed he was "elbowed in the throat" and forced to swallow a pill.

"Supposedly he was being elbowed in the throat," family spokesman Quanell X said. "He motioned like this with his arm that he was being elbowed to the throat and said they were kneeing him a lot."

"Marvin Driver writes that they took him, picked him up behind a Valero station by a dark road where he was beaten," Quanell X said.Marvin says three Houston police officers -- one he says he knew -- kicked and beat him, then forced him to swallow a pill.

"Told him to 'Swallow this, you're going to see Jesus," Quanell alleged.

So far, nothing has been done about the officers in question and Driver himself has yet to speak to the media, although he did skip practice yesterday because of a family matter.

The Driver family is in an uproar because of all this, none more than Michael, the brother of Donald and son of Marvin.

"I just want to say that my father is a good, heart-warming person, arms open, and once again the officers that did this are no better than the officers behind bars," Michael said.

"These are the same people that swore under oath to protect and serve, and if we can't trust these people, who can we trust?"

Since nothing has been charged and nobody has been arrested or suspended, all of this is just speculation right now. The Houston police chief has come out and said that there will be a "transparent" investigation of the officers in question, saying whatever comes up will be shared with the public.

"Our intention is to be very transparent, whether we are correct or incorrect, and anything that happened in the organization we are sharing with media," Chief Harold Hurtt said.

Luckily for Donald, Green Bay doesn't play until Monday, where they take on New Orleans, just east of Houston.

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