One of the officers involved when Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown was tasered and tackled in January joked about the situation on Facebook shortly after the rookie's arrest, according to documents filed in Brown's lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee and members of the Milwaukee Police Department on Tuesday.
Months later, the same officer also joked about Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith, suggesting he hoped he'd be able to punish him for the same parking violation that Brown committed, notes Wesley Lowery of the Washington Post.
From lawsuit filed today: One of the officers involved in the tazing of Milwaukee Buck Sterling Brown joked about the incident on Facebook and then - after Game 1 of the NBA finals - joked about doing the same thing to JR Smith pic.twitter.com/TK9MkgmlJv
— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 19, 2018
After a dispute with officers about a parking violation outside a Walgreens, Milwaukee police used a stun gun on Brown on January 26. Brown's lawsuit alleges it was an unlawful arrest and the police used excessive force.
Following Smith's blunder in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the officer posted on Facebook that he hoped "J.R. Smith double parks in Walgreens handicap parking spots when he's in Milwaukee."
