DALLAS (AP) - The NFL player detained by a Dallas policeman in a hospital parking lot while his mother-in-law was dying inside says he accepts the officer's apology.

Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats today also told ABC's "Good Morning America" that he hopes Officer Robert Powell was sincere in his apology issued publicly Friday.

The incident happened March 18.

Moats' wife, Tamishia, said on the news show that it would be comforting to hear the apology personally, but that she, too, would definitely accept it.

Powell was placed on paid leave pending an internal investigation. The officer pulled out his gun and threatened Moats with jail as the player pleaded to go inside. Moats' mother-in-law died before he got into the hospital to bid her farewell.

The incident was captured by a video camera in the police officer's patrol car.