Milwaukee approves $750,000 settlement with NBA’s Sterling Brown over arrest

Milwaukee’s city council approved Tuesday a $750,000 settlement to NBA player Sterling Brown stemming from a violent arrest in 2018.  

Brown was stunned with a taser and wrestled to the ground by multiple cops after he parked in a handicapped spot in a Walgreens parking lot, NBC News reported.  

“We have a lot of work to do, and I can’t get complacent and just relax because there was one settlement that was able to be approved,” Brown said. “It’s going to have a great impact, but … how can we continue to make sure that these things are enforced? How can we continue to make, you know, advances and strides in the areas that we do still need help?” 

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According to NBC News, the city has agreed to implement policy reforms, such as creating a new disciplinary matrix and moving forward with implementing the police department’s “policy of anti-racism,” according to NBC News.  

Brown, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks at the time of the incident, reportedly worked diligently to make the anti-racist police training part of the agreement, per reports.  

“We don’t want to be in a situation where we are in a settlement and we need video footage. … We want to be able to prevent it,” Brown said. “We want to be able to meet things head-on before it even happens and allow us … allow the citizens in the community to be at peace when they walk into their neighborhoods.” 

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