Milwaukee police released body-camera video Wednesday evening of the arrest of Milwaukee Bucks rookie Sterling Brown, a video the city’s mayor had warned was “disconcerting” and “disturbing” as it prepared for a possible backlash. And, in a brief news conference before the video was released, the police chief said the officers involved had been disciplined.
Brown, 23, was tased during a routine parking violation in January and reportedly plans to file a civil rights lawsuit over the episode, which has been the subject of an internal investigation by the Milwaukee Police Department. Mayor Tom Barrett had promised earlier in the week to “let the release” of the video “speak for itself.