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*Members of the Milwaukee Police Department have been identified and their so-called discipline has been made public following their egregious arrest and tasing of NBA rookie Sterling Brown in January.
The Milwaukee police officer who first confronted Brown outside a Walgreens was suspended for two days, the Journal Sentinel reports, while the two supervisors who later arrived, escalating the situation, were suspended for 10 and 15 days, sources said. Several other officers were reprimanded.
Police Chief Alfonso Morales would not name the officers who were “disciplined,” nor the rules they were found to have violated, but the Journal-was able to identify all three.
The officer who questioned Brown about parking illegally across two handicap spaces at 2 a.m. Jan. 26 was Joseph Grams, the Journal Sentinel confirmed. Grams, who served as an Army Ranger, joined the department in 2015.
The two sergeants suspended were Jeffrey S. Krueger and Sean A. Mahnke, sources told the Journal Sentinel. It was not clear Thursday which supervisor was suspended for 10 days and which was suspended for 15 days.
On Thursday, 11 of the 15 Common Council members said the Brown incident “is yet another example of the opportunity and need for a paradigm shift in how police engage in the community.”
In a joint statement, the aldermen said they’ve introduced a file “to discuss and evaluate the current police policy and training as it relates to de-escalation, along with implicit and cultural bias.”
Democratic House Rep. Gwen Moore (WI-4), took to Twitter to “challenge” Milwaukee law enforcement to do better.
Enough is enough of this culture that allows violence by rogue officers and erodes public trust in our justice system. The time for excuses is long past. Milwaukee needs action and reform. Now. #SterlingBrown pic.twitter.com/Rl6UmFkxdL
— Rep. Gwen Moore (@RepGwenMoore) May 24, 2018
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