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Milwaukee offers Bucks’ player $400K to settle police suit

By: Associated Press//September 4, 2019//

Milwaukee offers Bucks’ player $400K to settle police suit

By: Associated Press//September 4, 2019//

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee city officials are offering the Bucks guard Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing the police of using excessive force and picking on him because he’s black when they confronted him over a parking violation.

The city’s Common Council authorized the offer Wednesday during a closed session. Brown has 14 days to accept or decline it.

Brown’s attorney didn’t immediately comment, but he planned to talk at a news conference later Wednesday morning.

Brown illegally parked in a disabled spot outside a Walgreens on Jan. 26, 2018, and was talking with a group of officers while waiting for his citation when the situation escalated. Officers took him down and used a stun gun because he didn’t immediately remove his hands from his pockets, as ordered.

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