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After @Bucks guard #SterlingBrown was taken down & shocked with a Taser, one officer stepped on his ankle, another relished in the overtime, and several seemed to realize the PR problem they had, additional body cam and squad car videos show.

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Video shows how officers continued to surround #SterlingBrown after he was on the ground handcuffed.

"You're stepping on my ankle, for what?" Brown is heard saying.

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Later, after #SterlingBrown was loaded into an ambulance, video shows one officer calling a shift commander on the phone to request approval for overtime.

After a pause, the officer sang "money money" in the tune of the hit song from The O'Jays.

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Amadou Diallo was shot at 41 times and hit 19 by police. All he had was his wallet.
Stephon Clarke was shot at 20 times & hit 8 by police. All he had was a cell phone.
I understand why #SterlingBrown didn’t want to move his hands, b/c he feared for his life.
As black men, we know that any movement we might make could mean an immediate death sentence for us.
There’s no reason why this parking violation required this level of police involvement. These officers saw a black man with too nice of a car & suspected something else was up.
Some officers want to look at black men and think we automatically “fit the description” of a criminal. Some assume the worst about us b/c of what we wear. Why can’t we be looked upon as fitting the description of a successful business man or successful pro basketball player
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