This is exactly why I think self-promotion is important when you are a professional athlete. In fact, I'll say that it's NEEDED. This isn't the first time Miami's police conduct has been questioned. Like you mentioned, when they were overly-aggressive with Tyreek Hill. And in this case, they pretty much beat up Kerley as well. However, Hill's superstar status is what got him out of trouble. Athletes don't want to admit it, but that's a privilege they have of being a well-known pro athlete. But in Kerley's case, since he doesn't self-promote at all, he doesn't have that privilege, despite being one of the world's best athletes. While I say that, I also say that this could've been handled better on Kerley's part. Kerley wanted to get to his vehicle but it was parked around an active investigation, so no one can move anything until it's over. Whether it was ego or pride, Fred felt the need to try and push past the officers to get to his car and of course it escalated from there. Dude's gotta be smarter than that and be aware of the situation.
Well said. You know who never would have pushed that envelope? Noah Lyles. Say what you want but besides self-promoting he seems like he was raised right. Though no excuse it appears Fred Kerley seems like he had a Black stereotypical hard knock childhood & has not learned yet to put a lid on it. What on heaven’s made you think it was ok to push past an active investigation? Yes the cops may have over reacted but Fred picked an unnecessary fight. It was dumb. I’m sure his sponsorship has a morality clause attached.
Miami is notorious for aggresive police officers. Fred clearly got step up and took the bait like a fool. No matter the situation you are never to touch, or be that close to a police officer, they have every right to lay their hands on you when you are that close (as messed up as this sounds). Police officer can make the claim that Fred is the aggresor because he is walking very close to him, the first touch on fred's chest indicates that the police officer is creating distance, (if fred was just a tad bit cautious he wouldn't have done that, or in this case he would have put his hands up backed away). The moment you touch an officer it is an offense or an act of agression. You can see when Fred approaches the officer with the dash cam, the other police officer moves right behind him as a way to pin him between them. It's clearly a bait to arrest him and he literally took it. Do I think this whole encounter was unncessary? yes absolutely. Could it have been avoided? 1000% even if they confiscate your vehicle, you can get compensated if you are in the right with a lawyer, Fred should know better he got baited and took it like a fool. It's a shame I have to say this but you gotta be aware of your surroundings. Especially dealing with officers.
Track stars aren’t typically paid very well in America unless they do big brand deals (which are hard to get) or do lots of self-promotion (which makes them hated)
What's wrong with black athletes having to prove themselves. What you also fail to understand is that most people think track is a DIRTY SPORT (and it is--but so are other sports. However, drug use in track in more obvious than in other sports) It's been almost 40 years, but when I see a woman run a 48.03 electric 400, I remember what that felt like, and my immediate thought is: "I wonder if she's doping." Why are only 1 or 2 women able to do that? Men who ran in the 47, 48, and 49 range had hundreds of other men that could do it. It's always fishy when only a couple people can do something. Ever heard of Marita Koch or Jarmila Kratochvílová? Both drug cheats who were never caught, just like Marion Jones and Flo Jo.
It's because track is hard to be apart of very few people have what it takes to participate when young so they stay away because they feel alienated so getting spectators at a younger age would help out our family and friends is great but it would be nice invite more people and the world❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very interesting development, this. Sounds to me like Fred was a total idiot in his behaviour. Because as one of the best sprinters in the world, getting himself tazed might have an impact on his fast-twitch nervous system in his leg muscles. I hope he doesn't incur any lasting impact from it. With regard to him not being recognised and how he was treated at the scene, and how American athletes don't generally get recognised, well that can have a lot of benefits for them because they can go about their lives without being constantly hassled. The Americans are more into American Football, Basketball and Baseball, rather than Track and Field Athletics. Over here in Europe, it's a similar story with Football (what you call Soccer) being the biggest sport. But Athletics is a bit higher in profile and we revere our athletes more because they are rarer. In England, our only Olympic champion, Keely Hodgkinson, won Sports Personality of the Year and was honoured in the New Year's Honours list as an MBE. But other than that, athletes off the track are just ordinary people, just like everyone else and that means they have to be careful. I do agree that in this era, athletes are uniquely privileged to be able to be in full control of their own promotion through social media. It's great to see athletes like Lyles and Richardson having big followings online and all athletes should take a leaf out of their books and do likewise. This is a powerful way to break the stranglehold legacy media has on athletes' exposure and profiting from that at the athletes' expense.
NO! NO! NO! Coach Rob is totally missing the point about track and field popularity, or lack of popularity. Major track and field events are hardly ever televised or even reported. Watch the sports section of the local newspapers. Where is track and field results? I see gymnastics and horseback riding, but no track and field. Why? Because there are NO white athletes! This is all about race. So is the Boston and New York Marathon! African nations totally monopolize the sport...even women sports! If Fred Kerley was white, he would be Athlete of the Year over and over again! When white athletes are stopped for DUI, they are escorted home for their safety. Fred Kerley would NEVER get that kind of treatment. He might be banned from the sport as they did with our 1968 Olympic sprint champions for raising their fists in protest of racial discrimination in the U.S. No! They were kicked out of the Olympic village! Don't get it twisted!!!
You're looking at this all wrong. First of all the cops dont need to know if youre famous or not, they are there for law enforcement. Secondly Fred tried to use his fame to stand up to them or he would have backed off like a normal person would when the cops say back up. And third, this is a sad end to a running family dynasty, you might want to look up his athlete brother My'lik, who is going down on federal drug and gun charges.
You argue with the police about it and they beat him...that is what we see. Its the aggressive police down there especially to black people. As he was leaving an officer grabbed him and he moved their hand...and that is all it took over aggressive officers.
Wait - i got lost. What does track and field's popularity have to do with Fred getting his ass beat by the cops? They knew who Tyreek Hill was and still beat his ass too. I think the problem is racist cops bro.
Tebogo (9.86/19.46/30.69 WR/44.29) will end up being the most talented 100/200/300/400m combo sprinter as he's already won 4 Global Medals in the 100/200/4x4 @21yrs old & ran the 2nd fastest 4x4 split in history (43.04) with 7 races already in his legs! Be interesting to see what the 'Back the Blue Brigade' say about this Fred situation.
I saw the videos and 100% he did nothing wrong except stand his ground when being pushed. Maybe he should have just accepted being pushed by a police officer but why should he? he had every right to defend himself. (his gf made things 100 times worse with her screaming .... it really did not need to be escalated like it did)
Nobody cares because this generation of runners because it does not have a Carl Lewis, Evelyn Ashford, Renaldo Nehemiah, Calvin Smith, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson, etc. The athletes are either woke and/or lack class and are inconsistent runners. No great rivalries. Do you really know track?
@@anthonygeorge5604 Exactly. That’s why I still always stay home majority of my weekends and still always go straight to my home after finishing my errands (such as work, gym, groceries, etc.). No time to spend outside, freely or else I’ll get jumped or get shot by cops or random crazy people🤣😭
NOAH LYLES THINKS HE IS BUILDING A "BRAND" BUT IS JUST BUILDING A "REP." YOU ARE CORRECT, HE HAS TO WIN AND WIN AND BE A SHOWOFF BECUASE JUST BEING A SPRINTER IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT EXCEPT IN OLYMPIC YEARS. THAT IS JUST THE FACT AND YOU SAY THAT OFTEN. BUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DISLIKE LYLES FOR HIS LOUD SELF-PROMOTION AND CRYING TO BE A CELEBRITY. KURLEY SEES THAT, BUT IS JUST PERSONALLY SOCIETALLY SLOW IF HE THOUGHT THAT IN A RACIST STATE LIKE FLORIDA, HE COULD ACT AGGRESSIVE WITH "ENTITLED" POLICE. HE DID NOT SHOW BASIC COMMON SENSE. HARDLY ANY AMOUNT OF "CELEBRITY" WOULD MAKE YOU SAFE IN SUCH A SCENE ANYWHERE. YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD AND LYLES IS FOOLING HIMSELF LIKE CARL LEWIS DID AFTER HIS OLYMPIC WINS MADE HIM THINK HE WAS AN "ENTERTAINER AND TV STAR.
@@stargazer2.3 YEAH, THE SAME ONES THAT SAID NOT TO HAVE A STRONG OPINION. THE "NO CAPS" THING IS OLD HAT, WHEN BROWSERS SOMETIMES CONFUSED CAPS WITH COMMANDS. CURSING DOESN'T KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT AND CAPS IS THE SAME MINOR POINT.
Unfortunately, this situation goes way beyond sports and athlete recognition. It is more basic than that. It is a national problem that has been an issue for a long long time. Fred is a big guy of color. He became "at risk" when the other side involved, arrived on scene. One does not always have time to see the danger and get out of the way, but, if you can, leave quickly, just not so quick that you then get targeted as "suspiscious."
Track and field is the most disrespected sports
You need to add in the USA. This doesn't apply to a lot of places in the world.
Only in the USA is very disrespected.plenty of countries around the world recognize and respect the sport.
Hope Fred is okay.❤
This is exactly why I think self-promotion is important when you are a professional athlete. In fact, I'll say that it's NEEDED. This isn't the first time Miami's police conduct has been questioned. Like you mentioned, when they were overly-aggressive with Tyreek Hill. And in this case, they pretty much beat up Kerley as well. However, Hill's superstar status is what got him out of trouble. Athletes don't want to admit it, but that's a privilege they have of being a well-known pro athlete. But in Kerley's case, since he doesn't self-promote at all, he doesn't have that privilege, despite being one of the world's best athletes.
While I say that, I also say that this could've been handled better on Kerley's part. Kerley wanted to get to his vehicle but it was parked around an active investigation, so no one can move anything until it's over. Whether it was ego or pride, Fred felt the need to try and push past the officers to get to his car and of course it escalated from there. Dude's gotta be smarter than that and be aware of the situation.
Well said. You know who never would have pushed that envelope? Noah Lyles. Say what you want but besides self-promoting he seems like he was raised right. Though no excuse it appears Fred Kerley seems like he had a Black stereotypical hard knock childhood & has not learned yet to put a lid on it. What on heaven’s made you think it was ok to push past an active investigation? Yes the cops may have over reacted but Fred picked an unnecessary fight. It was dumb. I’m sure his sponsorship has a morality clause attached.
He is lucky he didn’t get hurt in that police interaction
Why would anyone know who he is? Even Syd who is the most famous t&f athlete in the world isn’t getting recognized.
These athletes say they want to make more money but don't realize that popularity pays.
They are a lot more popular than other track and field athletes in general, and the way the revenue is shared between them is unfair.
Guarantee guys like Andre Degrass & Ethan Katzburg are recognized all the time here in Canada.
America has alot of sports and track isnt really one of them
Track is real popular anywhere else though sadly
Our sport is bleeding..😔
Our stars arent recognized...
I think Shacarri is only recognized
Love you Shacarri💖
Only in the USA track athletes go unnoticed when they are out. In other countries people know who they are
Miami is notorious for aggresive police officers. Fred clearly got step up and took the bait like a fool. No matter the situation you are never to touch, or be that close to a police officer, they have every right to lay their hands on you when you are that close (as messed up as this sounds). Police officer can make the claim that Fred is the aggresor because he is walking very close to him, the first touch on fred's chest indicates that the police officer is creating distance, (if fred was just a tad bit cautious he wouldn't have done that, or in this case he would have put his hands up backed away). The moment you touch an officer it is an offense or an act of agression. You can see when Fred approaches the officer with the dash cam, the other police officer moves right behind him as a way to pin him between them. It's clearly a bait to arrest him and he literally took it. Do I think this whole encounter was unncessary? yes absolutely. Could it have been avoided? 1000% even if they confiscate your vehicle, you can get compensated if you are in the right with a lawyer, Fred should know better he got baited and took it like a fool. It's a shame I have to say this but you gotta be aware of your surroundings. Especially dealing with officers.
You're blaming a victim of police violence for the crime of being a stolen negros standing too close to a police officer?
Whatever. You have no clue.
Tebago did all of that and won a 200 meter Olympic gold AND broke the 300 meter record..Tebego is the most talented male sprinter in the world
Its about Fred.. .right now
What does any of that have to do with this video?
This has nothing to do with Tebogo 😭I'm noticing a lot of people just meatriding him now
You probably are a self-hating teather.
Let's not forget that 4x400m 43.04 split
Fred being tased is not ok
If track athletes were paid more, he wouldn't be near Ocean Drive at night.
Track stars aren’t typically paid very well in America unless they do big brand deals (which are hard to get) or do lots of self-promotion (which makes them hated)
@@LowBudgetLizard This
Miami police are notorious for stunts like this. Now they trying to chump up his charges 🙄
Free Fred
FreeFred🐐
You posting a video on this?!
What's wrong with black athletes having to prove themselves. What you also fail to understand is that most people think track is a DIRTY SPORT (and it is--but so are other sports. However, drug use in track in more obvious than in other sports) It's been almost 40 years, but when I see a woman run a 48.03 electric 400, I remember what that felt like, and my immediate thought is: "I wonder if she's doping." Why are only 1 or 2 women able to do that? Men who ran in the 47, 48, and 49 range had hundreds of other men that could do it. It's always fishy when only a couple people can do something. Ever heard of Marita Koch or Jarmila Kratochvílová? Both drug cheats who were never caught, just like Marion Jones and Flo Jo.
Good dialogue! We need to do better. If it wasn’t for Peacock (NBC) it would be very difficult for me to see any track and field
This is not about if anyone knew who he was but they inappropriate actions of the police regardless of who he is
You are speaking truth!!!!!
Hope its just a misunderstanding and can be cleared up
carry on good work man.. well done.. I hope Fred is and comes out okay..
Guarantee the cops were being jerks and asserting their authority and escalating because he hurt their feelings.
This is the first place I go for all things track
Ja know ....athletes are olny appreciate in jamaica...fawd kred come run fi ja 🇯🇲
It's because track is hard to be apart of very few people have what it takes to participate when young so they stay away because they feel alienated so getting spectators at a younger age would help out our family and friends is great but it would be nice invite more people and the world❤❤❤❤❤❤
4:07 in the morning. Nothing good happens at that time. Police were fine. Fred effed up.
Fred I’m wishing you best, I hope everything will work out in your favor.. you got go to Jamaica where things like this will never occur
Very interesting development, this. Sounds to me like Fred was a total idiot in his behaviour. Because as one of the best sprinters in the world, getting himself tazed might have an impact on his fast-twitch nervous system in his leg muscles. I hope he doesn't incur any lasting impact from it.
With regard to him not being recognised and how he was treated at the scene, and how American athletes don't generally get recognised, well that can have a lot of benefits for them because they can go about their lives without being constantly hassled. The Americans are more into American Football, Basketball and Baseball, rather than Track and Field Athletics. Over here in Europe, it's a similar story with Football (what you call Soccer) being the biggest sport. But Athletics is a bit higher in profile and we revere our athletes more because they are rarer. In England, our only Olympic champion, Keely Hodgkinson, won Sports Personality of the Year and was honoured in the New Year's Honours list as an MBE. But other than that, athletes off the track are just ordinary people, just like everyone else and that means they have to be careful.
I do agree that in this era, athletes are uniquely privileged to be able to be in full control of their own promotion through social media. It's great to see athletes like Lyles and Richardson having big followings online and all athletes should take a leaf out of their books and do likewise. This is a powerful way to break the stranglehold legacy media has on athletes' exposure and profiting from that at the athletes' expense.
This comment should be pinned. 💯
Fred isnt the smartest person. But he is tall.
Fred got hit with that taser he stopped fighting after that😩😩😩
Hey bro I love track and field and would love to talk to you privately if possible let’s collaborate.
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Hes got a lot more trouble now than the Miami cops. Sounds like a bit of an anger problem?
They did know who he was his girl said it multiple times
NO! NO! NO! Coach Rob is totally missing the point about track and field popularity, or lack of popularity. Major track and field events are hardly ever televised or even reported. Watch the sports section of the local newspapers. Where is track and field results? I see gymnastics and horseback riding, but no track and field. Why? Because there are NO white athletes! This is all about race. So is the Boston and New York Marathon! African nations totally monopolize the sport...even women sports! If Fred Kerley was white, he would be Athlete of the Year over and over again! When white athletes are stopped for DUI, they are escorted home for their safety. Fred Kerley would NEVER get that kind of treatment. He might be banned from the sport as they did with our 1968 Olympic sprint champions for raising their fists in protest of racial discrimination in the U.S. No! They were kicked out of the Olympic village! Don't get it twisted!!!
Well over fifty years never had an "altercation"with a copper *
You're looking at this all wrong.
First of all the cops dont need to know if youre famous or not, they are there for law enforcement.
Secondly Fred tried to use his fame to stand up to them or he would have backed off like a normal person would when the cops say back up.
And third, this is a sad end to a running family dynasty, you might want to look up his athlete brother My'lik, who is going down on federal drug and gun charges.
Not many good things happen in Miami...😐👍
I need to see the bodycam. Most of the time it’s the cops that act like jerks and escalate the situation.
You argue with the police about it and they beat him...that is what we see. Its the aggressive police down there especially to black people. As he was leaving an officer grabbed him and he moved their hand...and that is all it took over aggressive officers.
Responsible thinkers would know it’s not his fault
Wait - i got lost. What does track and field's popularity have to do with Fred getting his ass beat by the cops?
They knew who Tyreek Hill was and still beat his ass too. I think the problem is racist cops bro.
The problem is he thought he could do whatever the hell he wanted cause the po po ain't shi.
@@MS-xe1es racist freak
Tebogo (9.86/19.46/30.69 WR/44.29) will end up being the most talented 100/200/300/400m combo sprinter as he's already won 4 Global Medals in the 100/200/4x4 @21yrs old & ran the 2nd fastest 4x4 split in history (43.04) with 7 races already in his legs! Be interesting to see what the 'Back the Blue Brigade' say about this Fred situation.
This has nothing to do with Tebogo stop meatriding him he doesn't know u😭🙏
Those times are fast but don't suggest he will be the most talented.
@kenkenichi7461 Yeah the fast times over that range plus the 4 Global Medals he's already won @21yrs old don't suggest that 🙄
@AllInTheGame01 this video ain't even about Tebogo so idk why you posting this comment like we need to know
@@Jordan27893 Not the one who told Rob to start the video saying very definitively that Fred's the "most talented" sprinter.
Fred needs to get it together. Be a professional like Noah Lyles. Stop acting like a bum.
Haha he got his ass tased? Damn. Hate to hear that
It’s Florida! Moving on 🤣
I saw the videos and 100% he did nothing wrong except stand his ground when being pushed. Maybe he should have just accepted being pushed by a police officer but why should he? he had every right to defend himself. (his gf made things 100 times worse with her screaming .... it really did not need to be escalated like it did)
Fred was interrupting a police investigation
Fred believes the police are always wrong.
Damn!
Nobody cares because this generation of runners because it does not have a Carl Lewis, Evelyn Ashford, Renaldo Nehemiah, Calvin Smith, Edwin Moses, Michael Johnson, etc. The athletes are either woke and/or lack class and are inconsistent runners. No great rivalries. Do you really know track?
Aside from Noah, and Shicarrie, Fred probably the most interesting TAF athlete in the game.
That’s nonsense. I thought America is a free country.
It’s really not. Trust me. I am living there🤣
I believe you , because you are not to. Live in certain areas or walk freely
@@anthonygeorge5604 Exactly. That’s why I still always stay home majority of my weekends and still always go straight to my home after finishing my errands (such as work, gym, groceries, etc.). No time to spend outside, freely or else I’ll get jumped or get shot by cops or random crazy people🤣😭
NOAH LYLES THINKS HE IS BUILDING A "BRAND" BUT IS JUST BUILDING A "REP." YOU ARE CORRECT, HE HAS TO WIN AND WIN AND BE A SHOWOFF BECUASE JUST BEING A SPRINTER IS NOT THAT IMPORTANT EXCEPT IN OLYMPIC YEARS. THAT IS JUST THE FACT AND YOU SAY THAT OFTEN.
BUT, A LOT OF PEOPLE DISLIKE LYLES FOR HIS LOUD SELF-PROMOTION AND CRYING TO BE A CELEBRITY. KURLEY SEES THAT, BUT IS JUST PERSONALLY SOCIETALLY SLOW IF HE THOUGHT THAT IN A RACIST STATE LIKE FLORIDA, HE COULD ACT AGGRESSIVE WITH "ENTITLED" POLICE. HE DID NOT SHOW BASIC COMMON SENSE. HARDLY ANY AMOUNT OF "CELEBRITY" WOULD MAKE YOU SAFE IN SUCH A SCENE ANYWHERE.
YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD AND LYLES IS FOOLING HIMSELF LIKE CARL LEWIS DID AFTER HIS OLYMPIC WINS MADE HIM THINK HE WAS AN "ENTERTAINER AND TV STAR.
What does this have to do with Noah? Are yall ok? Fred was literally arrested and it has nothing to do with a “celebrity status”.
Has anybody told you not to type in Caps🧐🙄
@@stargazer2.3 YEAH, THE SAME ONES THAT SAID NOT TO HAVE A STRONG OPINION. THE "NO CAPS" THING IS OLD HAT, WHEN BROWSERS SOMETIMES CONFUSED CAPS WITH COMMANDS. CURSING DOESN'T KEEP ME UP AT NIGHT AND CAPS IS THE SAME MINOR POINT.
Unfortunately, this situation goes way beyond sports and athlete recognition. It is more basic than that. It is a national problem that has been an issue for a long long time. Fred is a big guy of color. He became "at risk" when the other side involved, arrived on scene. One does not always have time to see the danger and get out of the way, but, if you can, leave quickly, just not so quick that you then get targeted as "suspiscious."
He is untamed. He was also charged for domestic violence towards his wife last year in May this is why he was not released.