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Paris Olympics medallist Fred Kerley tasered, wrestled to ground, arrested after confrontation with police

Paris Olympics medallist Fred Kerley tasered, wrestled to ground, arrested after confrontation with police

Paris Olympics bronze medallist Fred Kerley was reportedly tasered and then arrested in Florida late on Thursday after a confrontation with police. Media reports in USA, citing online records, said that Fred Kerley was charged with battery, resisting an officer and disorderly conduct and booked into jail early Friday morning. A USA Today report stated that Miami Beach Police Department had released body-worn camera footage of the arrest. The footage shows Fred Kerley, who won a bronze medal in the men’s 100-meter race at Paris 2024, exchanging words with police officers. The officers then strike him and wrestle the sprinter to the ground. The reports noted that an agitated Fred Kerley had to be subdued with a stun gun, called a taser. He was then taken away by the police after he was placed into handcuffs. Kerley was released Friday afternoon. Media site TMZ, citing incident report for the arrest, said that Fred Kerley “approached the officers aggressively and began a disturbance in reference to his own car”. Fred Kerley is alleged to have shoved …