Cedric Benson Mug Shot - Study the booking arrest photo and ask - What happened?

Cedric Benson's mug shot photo is of great interest, especially since Cedric Benson said he was pepper-sprayed by cops and arrested.

The cops say Cedric Benson's mug shot looks the way it does because he was resisting arrest.

Cedric Benson says his mug shot looks like it does...

...because the Austin, Texas, police kicked his feet from under him and put a water hose over his face and that he screamed for his mother, who was in the group of people with him.

Cedric Benson said he passed the field sobriety test and that the officer requested to take him back to shore for more tests -- yet said when he politely asked the police why he needed more tests, that the cop pepper sprayed him right in his face.

Whatever happened to make Cedric Benson's mug shot look like that, with his eye all swollen and stuff -- I'm praying right now that justice prevails.