NBA player Sterling Brown’s lawsuit against the Milwaukee Police Department for an unjustified, violent arrest earlier this year accuses officers of joking about the incident on social media, according to a tweet Tuesday from a Washington Post reporter.
Erik Andrade, one of the officers involved in the Jan. 26 arrest, seemed to poke fun at the arrest that included Brown being tasered over a simple parking violation in an empty drug store parking lot in the wee hours of the morning.
“Nice meeting Sterling Brown of the Milwaukee Bucks at work this morning,” Andrade was accused of writing before adding a “Lol” for good measure. The lawsuit also alleged that Andrade hinted he wanted to do the same thing to another NBA player in a separate post.
From lawsuit filed today: One of the officers involved in the tazing of Milwaukee Buck Sterling Brown joked about the incident on Facebook and then – after Game 1 of the NBA finals – joked about doing the same thing to JR Smith pic.twitter.com/TK9MkgmlJv
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 19, 2018
The officers involved were suspended for 15 days and ordered to undergo mandatory “employee improvement” training, which was all but a slap on the wrist for an apparent case of police brutality.
Brown’s lawsuit targeted a police department that has a lengthy history of corruption and racism. The officers downplayed Brown’s initial accusations until damning body cam footage was released last month.
