Bucks’ Brown is suing Milwaukee

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown on Tuesday sued the city of Milwaukee and its police department, saying officers’ use of a stun gun during his arrest for a parking violation constitutes excessive force and that they targeted him because he is black.

The lawsuit alleges officers involved in his arrest used their incident report to try to reframe what happened to give the impression Brown had resisted and obstructed them.

Brown had been talking with officers while waiting for a citation for illegally parking in a disabled spot outside a store at about 2 a.m. on Jan. 26, when officers took him down because he didn’t immediately remove his hands from his pockets as ordered. An officer yells “Taser! Taser! Taser!”

Some officers suspected Brown might have a firearm because they saw paper targets with holes in the back seat of his car, according to the lawsuit. Brown told officers he didn’t have a gun when they asked him, but they didn’t give him “any real opportunity to comply” to their command that he take his hands out of his pockets, the lawsuit said.

Police Chief Alfonso Morales did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment.

Morales apologized to Brown last month when bodycamera video of the arrest was released. Brown wasn’t charged with anything and three officers were disciplined, with suspensions ranging from two to 15 days.