Sterling Brown, as expected, isn't backing down. The Common Council in Milwaukee officially approved a $400,000 settlement offer from the city attorney to the Milwaukee Bucks guard, according to Alison Dirr of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Brown's attorney, Mark Thomsen, made it clear his client would not accept any settlement that didn't include an admission of wrongdoing from Milwaukee police when they tased him last year amid a parking dispute.
“I fully anticipate that any settlement that doesn't include an admission that they violated Mr. Brown's civil rights will go nowhere,” he said. “We can't heal in this city without that.”
News of the Common Council's plans to offer Brown the settlement first emerged in late May. Thomsen said when reports of the potential offer surfaced that Brown had no plans of budging from his insistence that police violated his civil rights.
The 24-year-old 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 lines. Following his initial interaction with Brown, the officer called for backup, after which Brown was tackled to the ground and tased despite video showing him calm and complying.
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.”
Brown, a backup on the wing, made 58 appearances for the Bucks last season, averaging 6.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
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