Did they apologize for shooting him with a stun gun?
No, but Chris Chavez - whom just weeks ago was claiming it was obvious to all he wasn't a journalist - is reporting that the "charges of battery on an officer and resisting arrest in Miami Beach from January 2025 were dismissed on the condition that he take an anger management course."
Chavez is also reporting (without saying it) that the third set of charges against Kerley haven't been dropped.
Chavez wrote:
In May 2025, Kerley was arrested in Dania Beach, Florida, just days before racing at the Grand Slam Track meet in Miami. He was charged with battery after allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend, U.S. Olympian and hurdler Alaysha Johnson, in the face.
– According to a police report, Kerley approached the woman at a hotel where athletes were staying. The two argued, and she alleged Kerley struck her with a closed fist, causing her nose to bleed. He was arrested by Broward County police and later released. The league suspended Kerley. He is set to go on trial for that charge on Feb. 17th, 2026.
TMZ probably should be mentioned here. I'm not sure if Chavez took some quotes from the lawyer from them without citing them as TMZ claims this article was an exclusive:
Team USA sprinter Fred Kerley scored a major win Thursday morning -- the criminal case stemming from his January arrest has been dismissed, TMZ Sports has confirmed.
Chavez is also reporting (without saying it) that the third set of charges against Kerley haven't been dropped.
Chavez wrote:
In May 2025, Kerley was arrested in Dania Beach, Florida, just days before racing at the Grand Slam Track meet in Miami. He was charged with battery after allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend, U.S. Olympian and hurdler Alaysha Johnson, in the face.
– According to a police report, Kerley approached the woman at a hotel where athletes were staying. The two argued, and she alleged Kerley struck her with a closed fist, causing her nose to bleed. He was arrested by Broward County police and later released. The league suspended Kerley. He is set to go on trial for that charge on Feb. 17th, 2026.
Word on that incident is he got into a fight with her boyfriend and she stepped in to break it up and the punch to her face was accidental. That can happen when someone steps between two dudes fighting.
Pretrial Diversion (PTD) is a alternative to prosecution where eligible defendants, often with minor offenses or no criminal history, agree to a supervised program (like treatment, community service) instead of facing trial, aiming to avoid jail and a conviction, with charges dismissed upon successful completion, but leading to prosecution if they fail. It saves judicial resources, reduces recidivism, and focuses on rehabilitation, administered by pretrial services under prosecutor discretion.
No, but Chris Chavez - whom just weeks ago was claiming it was obvious to all he wasn't a journalist - is reporting that the "charges of battery on an officer and resisting arrest in Miami Beach from January 2025 were dismissed on the condition that he take an anger management course."
It’s harder to claim the journalistic high ground when you don’t know how to use “whom” correctly. The form isn’t even required in English anymore; you can just use “who” in 99% of cases.
When a plea deal is arranged which "dismisses charges," the underlying issue is that prosecutors discovered or were faced with a police misconduct issue. An issue which once the defense attorney pointed out during trial would derail the prosecution. Hence, the deal where the defendant agrees to attending anger management and/or some other restorative path. Simply, prosecutors don't make deals and dismiss charges unless there is a problem with the case!
FYI, the final case against Kerley, the misdemeanor battery case stemming from an incident involving Alaysha Johnson at the meet hotel for Grand Slam Track Miami in May, is set to go to trial on February 17, according to Kerley's lawyer Richard Cooper.
This is what Cooper said about that case to LetsRun.com: "Fred doesn’t lose. Fred was attacked and then arrested by police after a 7 minute investigation because he was on felony bond for his previous false charges. We anticipate a similar result in that case as well."
Now Fred may be guilt of a thousand other things or NOT, I just don't know??? BUT….what I absolutely clearly saw in that video, was where he was pushed from behind by one of the officers into the other officer in front of him, forcing him into a sandwich between them, which then he began to push back and defined himself like any other human being on the planet would do!!! Most cops are excellent and would not do this and I’m not down on the police either, but that whole thing was a total unnecessary situation of aggression, a tactical set up for an egotistical “Now we gott’em take down”. It looked like a typical overreaction and over physical response to an impressive and intimidating Olympic Athlete. They just assumed that he was going to fight back, and then to confirm their bias, they over reacted like usual and got too rough unnecessarily. The other thing that’s really troubling and logically incoherent about this arrest, was the false association fallacy others were making by connecting the dots from unrelated domestic incidents where women could not control themselves over his Olympic size MoJo and attacked him. They then linked up those incongruent events, and then said publicly - “Look here, there’s a patter of violence!” This is the worst kind of pejorative association fallacy and fundamental categorical error. The only “Pattern” is the one that his accusers created in their own minds. It’s called ‘angst projection’ and is the most infantile kind of ideological feminism out there.
When a plea deal is arranged which "dismisses charges," the underlying issue is that prosecutors discovered or were faced with a police misconduct issue. An issue which once the defense attorney pointed out during trial would derail the prosecution. Hence, the deal where the defendant agrees to attending anger management and/or some other restorative path. Simply, prosecutors don't make deals and dismiss charges unless there is a problem with the case!
Not true at all. I don't know anything about the details of this case, but the vast majority of criminal charges result in a plea deal because it benefits both sides and the public. Both sides avoid the risk of trial - the prosecution avoids the risk of nonconviction and the defendant avoids the risk of a more serious punishment. The public benefits because no court system actually has the capacity in time or resources to try every case that is filed. Without increasing the number of judges, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, and courtrooms tenfold with a tenfold increase in taxpayer costs you could never actually try every case that gets filed to jury. So most criminal cases end in some sort of a deal.
This looks like a good deal for Fred, but it may just be the result of a complaining witness getting cold feet (common in domestic cases), his lack of a record, his ability to hire a good lawyer and being fairly prominent, a prosecutor who is willing to cut him a break, etc. It is hard to know from the outside exactly what the dynamics of the negotiations were.
No, but Chris Chavez - whom just weeks ago was claiming it was obvious to all he wasn't a journalist - is reporting that the "charges of battery on an officer and resisting arrest in Miami Beach from January 2025 were dismissed on the condition that he take an anger management course."
It’s harder to claim the journalistic high ground when you don’t know how to use “whom” correctly. The form isn’t even required in English anymore; you can just use “who” in 99% of cases.
You make an Interesting point. But in this case the defendant did not plead guilty to a "lesser charge" as in the majority of "plea deals" agreed upon and approved by a judge. In this case they "dismissed charges." Probably because of the video evidence that an earlier post mentioned where the street incident escalated due to an officer's questionable physical contact with FK.
The "battery against law enforcement charge" getting dismissed with anger management deal doesn't bother me, but can't say the same about the domestic abuse charge. The story from his ex-wife was disturbing (that he was strangling her and only stopped after their 8-year-old child intervened by scratching his eyes). Maybe it was a he-said-she-said situation, but considering the multiple other instances of violence he's been involved in and his obvious anger issues, I tend to believe the ex-wife.
