HOUSTON -- The father of an NFL star is in a Houston hospital, claiming he was beaten by HPD officers. Marvin Driver is the father of Donald Driver, a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers.

Police arrested Marvin Driver for outstanding traffic warrants early Monday in the driveway of his mother's house.

When the family went to bail him out of jail, they couldn't find him. It took them a whole day to track him down in a local hospital.

Exactly what happened after Marvin Driver was picked up remains a mystery, depending on who you believe.

Winston Driver said his brother was fine when the police cruiser pulled away on Monday.

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Marvin Driver hasn't been able to speak since he was hospitalized.

"He left here in perfect condition, you know," Winston Driver said. "I could tell by the way the police officers-- the way they was grabbing him and pulling him and snatching him, you know -- that he was in trouble."

A statement from HPD said Driver was unresponsive when they arrived at the Mykawa Substation in southeast Houston.

A doctor at the jail determined Driver needed medical help. Paramedics transported him to Memorial Hermann Hospital.

At a news conference Wednesday, family members provided photos of Marvin Driver in his hospital bed.

He still can't speak because he has a ventilator down his throat, but relatives said he wrote down on paper towels what happened to him.

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Marvin Driver has been communicating by writing on paper towels.

Driver wrote that the officers, whom he said he knew personally, took him to a Valero station, kicked him in the stomach, elbowed him in the neck and forced something down his throat.

"Told him to 'swallow this and you're going to see Jesus,'" community activist Quanell X said at the news conference.

The activist, who spoke on behalf of the family, is asking for an investigation by HPD's internal affairs division.

"We're asking Chief Harold Hurtt to remove all of the officers involved in the beating of Marvin Driver -- remove them and put them on desk duty or administrative leave. Suspend them from patrolling the streets," he said.

"We take allegations such as these very seriously and will begin a thorough investigation into the matter," HPD said in a statement released late Wednesday. "The two officers remain on duty pending further investigation.”

”These are the same people that, under oath, swore to protect and serve," said Michael Driver, Marvin's son."If you can’t trust these people then, I mean, who can we trust?"

Family members said the arresting officers also made disparaging remarks about Donald Driver, the NFL player.

"It could be somebody he knew, or something," said Michael Driver. "Once again, in his papers he [Marvin] mentioned he does know this officer personally."

Donald Driver was excused from Green Bay's practice on Wednesday so that he could travel to Houston to be with his father.

The officers involved in the incident remained on duty Thursday.

Driver’s family members are calling for HPD to remove the officers from duty pending the outcome of the investigation.