Phoenix officers suspended for 24 hours after repeatedly punching deaf man with cerebral palsy during arrest
Three Phoenix police officers will receive 24-hour, unpaid suspensions, and two of them must undergo more training, after the arrest of a deaf man who has cerebral palsy last year, the police chief said Wednesday.
Three Phoenix police officers will receive 24-hour, unpaid suspensions, and two of them must undergo more training, after the arrest of a deaf man who has cerebral palsy last year, the police chief said Wednesday.
Tyron McAlpin was arrested on Aug. 19 after a man who was involved in a fight at a convenience store pointed to McAlpin — who was walking by — as he was talking to officers, according to a police report.
Video showed McAlpin being arrested almost as soon as police got out of their vehicle. McAlpin was punched and shocked with a stun gun, the video shows.
McAlpin had been charged with felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest, but Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell dismissed the charges in October after having reviewed the case.
McAlpin's attorney said at the time that the officers’ injuries during the arrest resulted from their “frenzied and violent attack on Tyron.”
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