Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the city of Milwaukee and the police department alleging officers targeted the basketball player due to his race when they used a stun gun and arrested him in January for a parking violation.
The lawsuit accuses the Milwaukee police department of using excessive force on Brown after he parking in a handicapped spot outside a Walgreens at 2 a.m. on Jan. 26 when the wind-chill was 26 degrees.
Brown returned from a three-minute trip inside Walgreens to be confronted by officers, the lawsuit states. Officers approached him, quickly called for backup and then took a calm Brown to the ground after several minutes of questioning. An officer then gave an order to tase Brown when Brown did not take his hands out of his pockets quickly enough.
The lawsuit, which states parking in a handicapped spot in the state of Wisconsin is "not considered a crime, also provided photos of Brown after the altercation with police.
“Mr. Brown hopes that instead of the typical denial of the claims ... the city actually admit to the wrongs, admit that his constitutional rights were violated,” Brown’s attorney Mark Thomsen said, according to the Associated Press.
In May, Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales apologized for Brown's arrest as body camera footage from officers responding to the incident was released.
On Tuesday, more body camera footage from the incident was released that shows officers joking the incident could have the potential consequences in the media and talking about overtime.
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