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Newly released bodycam footage shows two Phoenix police officers shouting orders to a deaf man as he’s lying face-down on the ground – with one officer punching him and another officer tasing him.
Deaf man with cerebral palsy files $3.5 million notice of claim after violent Phoenix arrest Tyron McAlpin was falsely accused of assault and violently arrested by officers.
All charges were dropped against a Black man after bodycam footage released earlier this week shows two Phoenix police officers shouting orders at him as he’s lying face-down on the ground ...
The case of a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy is under investigation in Phoenix after police body-camera footage showed officers punching and Tasering him during his arrest. Tyron McAlpin, 34 ...
Tyron McAlpin's experience with the Phoenix Police Department isn't unique, advocates for deaf people say.
Tyron McAlpin had been charged with resisting arrest and aggravated assault on a police officer. Body-camera footage of the arrest sparked community backlash.
Tyron McAlpin, 34, is deaf and no longer accused of an alleged crime that prompted officers to physically confront him in a parking lot the morning of August 19.
“Tyron McAlpin’s story shows that change is necessary, that the DOJ’s findings were true,” his attorney said. The county’s top prosecutor takes a fresh look at the charges against McAlpin ...