Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown has the option of accepting a $400,000 settlement from the city of Milwaukee after he filed a lawsuit stemming from an interaction with local police last year.

Mark Thomsen, Brown's attorney, learned on Friday through heresy that the city attorney had proposed a resolution that would pay Brown $400,000 to drop his lawsuit against the city, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Thomsen said he had yet to speak with Brown about the resolution, which was submitted to the Common Council by city attorney Grant Langley and deputy city attorney Jan Smokowicz.

Despite having not reviewed the settlement proposal with his client, Thomsen insisted that Brown's mandate of the city admitting his civil rights were violated before discussing any settlement would remain in place.

“We have said from day one, unless there is an absolute admission that Mr. Brown's civil rights were violated, there isn't any point in talking about anything,” he said, per Alison Dirr of the Journal Sentinel. “Because this first of all was to establish that Milwaukee police officers cannot approach young African-American men in this city, push them, tell them they own it, they own this.”

Brown, 24, alleges his civil rights were violated by officers in September 2018 when he made an early-morning trip to Walgreens. He was questioned by a police officer because his car was straddling handicapped parking lanes. After initially interaction with Brown, the officer called for backup, after which Brown was tackled to the ground and tased.

Eric Andrade, one of the officers involved in the incident, was subsequently fired for social media activity in which he mentioned the incident. Hours after Brown's arrest, he wrote on Facebook, “Nice meeting Sterling Brown of the Milwaukee Bucks at work this morning! Lol#FearTheDeer.”