Sterling Brown stungun arrest: Milwaukee police apologize to NBA player

Body-camera footage reveals how simple parking violation escalated into scuffles and shouts of ‘Taser, Taser, Taser!’

Milwaukee’s police chief, Alfonso Morales, apologized to NBA player Sterling Brown on Wednesday for a January arrest that started with a parking violation and escalated to include use of a stun gun, saying some officers had been disciplined.

Brown, a Milwaukee Bucks rookie, responded with a statement that described the incident as “an attempt at police intimidation” and said it “shouldn’t happen to anybody”.

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