US sprinter and two-time Olympic medalist, Fred Kerley, was arrested in South Florida following an altercation with the police. In the incident, caught on body camera, police subdued Kerley with a Taser after he resisted arrest. He faces charges of battery, resisting an officer, and disorderly conduct.
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