U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was arrested in Miami Beach after an altercation with police. Authorities reported that Kerley displayed an aggressive demeanor and resisted arrest.
San Antonio native and U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley was tased and taken into custody by Miami Beach police late Thursday night. According to a police report obtained by KSAT, the 29-year-old approached Miami Beach police with an “aggressive demeanor” because his vehicle was parked in the middle of an active police scene.
Officers told Kerley, a silver medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics and a bronze medalist in the 2024 Summer Olympics, to “go around” the area of the police scene, but Kerley continued to argue with officers. During the argument, one of the Miami Beach police officers raised his hand and pushed it up against Kerley to create distance between the officer and the Olympian, the report stated. In the report, Miami Beach police wrote that Kerley responded by pushing the officer’s hand away from him. Officers then descended on Kerley and a struggle began., the ABC affiliate in Miami, Florida, and the arrest report confirmed that one of the officers punched Kerley in the head multiple times and delivered “several elbows toward his upper back area.” During the struggle, Miami Beach authorities said Kerley continued to resist arrest, the report state
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