Sterling Brown

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after getting taken to the ground, shocked with a Taser and arrested during an encounter with police in 2018. City Attorney Tearman Spencer is recommending the payment plus an admission […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee city officials are offering Bucks guard Sterling Brown $400,000 to settle his lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and targeting 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 […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee officer involved in the stun gun arrest of Bucks’ player Sterling Brown has been fired because of social media posts mocking the incident, the city’s police chief said Thursday. Police Chief Alfonso Morales said the firing decision was not tied to anything Erik Andrade did when Brown was arrested, but […]

No justice, no peace.

  Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown has slapped the city of Milwaukee and its police department with a lawsuit, claiming officers’ use of a stun gun during his arrest for a mere parking violation constitutes excessive force and that they targeted him because he is African-American. Brown’s attorney Mark Thomsen filed the lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday, accusing […]

This is despicable.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police have released body camera footage Wednesday from the officers who used a stun gun on NBA Bucks guard Sterling Brown, the younger brother of Shannon Brown, during a January arrest. The release comes as city officials who’ve viewed the videos have expressed concern about how officers conducted themselves. Three officers […]

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC’s hit freshman drama “This Is Us” will be sticking around for at least a couple more years. The network said Wednesday’s that the show’s success has earned it a two-season pickup, with at least 18 episodes per season. The family drama is proving a success with the advertiser-favored young adult […]