Bodycam footage shows shocking moment Olympics sprint star Fred Kerley gets tasered after 'trying to fight cops' in Miami

Police bodycam footage has emerged of the shocking moment an officer tasered American Olympics sprint star Fred Kerley before he was arrested in Miami in the early hours of Friday.

The footage shows officers desperately trying to handcuff Kerley, who appears to be resisting while on the ground. A woman can be heard yelling 'stop' several times as the scuffle unfolds.

An officer can then be heard saying 'I'm going to tase him' before pulling out and deploying his dart-firing stun gun at Kerley, who managed to get to his feet.

As the other officers then put him in handcuffs the woman stood nearby shouts 'he didn't do anything'. 

WSVN reported earlier on Friday that Kerley, who won 100m bronze at last year's Olympics in Paris, approached an active police scene to discuss his vehicle which was parked nearby.

It's claimed the 29-year-old then became increasingly aggressive and would not move on when asked to by the officers.

Kerley, who starred in both seasons of Netflix's athletics docuseries 'Sprint' last year, then allegedly got into a 'fighting stance' and continued to ignore the officers, who called for back up. 

Kerley then resisted arrest and had to be tasered as a result but was then taken into custody with no further issue. 

He was booked at 4:07am ET on Friday morning and was charged with battery on a police officer, resisting an officer without violence and disorderly conduct. 

Kerley was expected to appear in bond court Friday afternoon. 

As well as his Olympic bronze in Paris, Kerley also won 100m silver at Tokyo 2020. He is also a reigning 4x100m world champion and former 100m and 4x400m relay gold medalist.

Kerley currently holds the sixth fastest 100m time in history with a best of 9.76 that he posted in 2022.