NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Bernama-dpa) -- Three-time sprint world champion Fred Kerley has been stunned with a taser and arrested following a confrontation with police in Miami Beach, US media reports said late on Friday, according to German news agency dpa.
The 29-year-old twice Olympic medallist was first taken to hospital and then to Miami-Dade County Jail after the incident.
According to police quoted by media, Kerley had approached an ongoing police investigation and tried to get to his car parked nearby. The bronze medallist from Paris refused to leave the scene and became increasingly aggressive.
He was then subdued by several police officers using a Taser. The altercation can be seen in the video from a police officer's body camera.
Kerley's lawyer Richard L. Cooper criticised the officers for overreacting.
"I can say that Mr. Kerley is a record-breaking athlete who has honorably and successfully represented our nation in the Olympics many times. These charges are false and indicate the brutal police state that Miami Beach has become," he was quoted as saying by CBS.
Kerley is due to be released from custody on Saturday.
-- BERNAMA-dpa
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