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United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by constabulary pursuing a confrontation with officers successful Miami, Florida.
The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze astatine past summer's Paris Games, faces charges of battery, resisting a constabulary serviceman and breach of the bid pursuing the incidental connected Thursday evening.
Officers were investigating different incidental erstwhile Kerley approached them with an "aggressive demeanour" implicit interest astir his car, according to a constabulary report.
The study said Kerley "continued to defy officers and utilized evasive movements to debar being arrested" earlier being wrestled to the crushed by 4 officers.
Police bodycam footage shows Kerley getting backmost to his feet past being tasered and falling backmost to the level earlier being taken into custody.
Local media successful Miami reported, external that connected Friday Kerley made an quality successful tribunal and helium has present been released connected bail.
His lawyer said the incidental had been a "total misunderstanding".
As good arsenic his bronze successful Paris, Kerley besides won 100m metallic astatine the Tokyo Games successful 2021 and golden astatine the 2022 World Championships.
He has besides won satellite 4x100m and 4x400m golden medals, and has recorded the sixth-fastest 100m clip successful past with 9.76 seconds.
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