{"id":24635,"date":"2025-01-04T13:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/fred-kerley-us-olympic-sprinter-tasered-after-police-confrontation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T13:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T13:46:10","slug":"fred-kerley-us-olympic-sprinter-tasered-after-police-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/fred-kerley-us-olympic-sprinter-tasered-after-police-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Kerley: US Olympic sprinter tasered after police confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tasered and arrested by police following a confrontation with officers in Miami, Florida.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze at last summer’s Paris Games, faces charges of battery, resisting a police officer and breach of the peace following the incident on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Officers were investigating another incident when Kerley approached them with an “aggressive demeanour” over concern about his car, according to a police report.<\/p>\n

The report said Kerley “continued to resist officers and used evasive movements to avoid being arrested” before being wrestled to the ground by four officers.<\/p>\n

Police bodycam footage shows Kerley getting back to his feet then being tasered and falling back to the floor before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Local media in Miami reported, external<\/span><\/a> that on Friday Kerley made an appearance in court and he has now been released on bail.<\/p>\n

His lawyer said the incident had been a “total misunderstanding”.<\/p>\n

As well as his bronze in Paris, Kerley also won 100m silver at the Tokyo Games in 2021 and gold at the 2022 World Championships.<\/p>\n

He has also won world 4x100m and 4x400m gold medals, and has recorded the sixth-fastest 100m time in history with 9.76 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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