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Former NFL star Antonio Brown waved a ‘bag of d--ks’ at cops. Police banned him from PAL

NFL free agent Antonio Brown was back in the news as he cursed out and shook a bag of penis-shaped gummies at Hollywood police on Monday following an altercation with his ex-girlfriend.

Hollywood police said they have had enough with Brown and his disrepectful behavior, and have returned his check and forbade him from working with their kids’ program.

The most-recent incident started Monday morning when Brown streamed a live video on Instagram of him talking derisively to Hollywood police. He complained about a woman, who the New York Post reported is his ex Chelsie Kyriss, blocking his driveway and trying to make off with his Bentley.

In Monday’s video, Brown yells at the cops: “Get the f--- out here you f------ p------.”

NFL free agent Antonio Brown got into a confrontation with Hollywood police Monday morning that ended with him cursing at them and shaking a bag of gummy penises at officers. No one was arrested, police say.
NFL free agent Antonio Brown got into a confrontation with Hollywood police Monday morning that ended with him cursing at them and shaking a bag of gummy penises at officers. No one was arrested, police say. Twitter

In one part of the video, Brown calls police a “bag of d--ks” then waves the penis-shaped gummy candies at them. He also shouts, “Take that b---- to jail.”

Brown, 31, is originally from the Miami area and played for Norland Senior High in Miami Gardens. The New England Patriots released him earlier this season after playing one game against the Miami Dolphins. Brown is the target of a civil suit by his former personal trainer who has accused him of rape.

Hollywood police spokesman Christian Lata told the Miami Herald Monday that officers were called to a home about a disturbance by a man who they believed to be Brown.

Police arrived and tried to figure out what was going on. Officers determined that no crime had occurred, and they didn’t arrest anyone.

Sometime later, Brown tweeted, “Hollywood police and I need a meeting unless I’m going to show their track record of my injustice consistently.”

This wasn’t Brown’s first encounter with Hollywood police.

In a statement, Hollywood police said Monday that Brown had a relationship with the department’s Police Athletic League for a number of years. He donated money to PAL and spent time with the kids in the program, police said

But police say Brown’s increasing number of domestic incidents that need police intervention has caused “an irreparable rift between the Police Department and PAL and Mr. Brown.”

When police went to Brown’s home on Dec. 14 regarding a domestic disturbance the day before, police say he treated officers with “disrespect and disdain.”

They say this attitude was highlighted in Brown’s Monday Instagram video.

“We were very disappointed in the actions of Mr. Brown,” police said. “This type of behavior and communication with Officers is completely opposite of what we teach and instill in the youth of our community in the way of respect for parents, teachers, elders and all those in positions of authority.”

As a result, the department returned the check he donated to the athletic league for its 7 on 7 Football League. The police did not specify the amount of the check.

Police also gave him a trespass warning for the league’s property because “we did not want him to continue to affect our youth nor influence them in a negative way,” police said.

Brown tweeted about his trespassing on Twitter saying, “Canceled my 7 on 7 league for the kids at the Hollywood pal park then returned my check to me on video at the park while telling me if I come back it’s trespassing.”

“Mr. Brown is free to say whatever he likes on social media,” police said. “However, the facts of these instances speak for themselves.”

This story was originally published January 13, 2020, 2:41 PM.

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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