PHOENIX, AZ — A Black man, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy is facing felony aggravated assault and resisting arrest charges after he was repeatedly punched and tasered by a pair of Phoenix police officers.
The violent and rapid arrest of Tyron McAlpin raises serious questions and could serve as a test case for Phoenix and the Department of Justice as the two battle over whether the police department in America’s fifth-largest city needs federal oversight.
Acting on false claims from a white man under investigation, body camera video shows officers unexpectedly go after McAlpin, punch him in the head at least 10 times, Taser him four times, and wrap their arms around his neck.
The violent arrest stems from a morning call from Circle K employees who reported that a White man was causing problems and wouldn’t leave the store, records show.
While being trespassed, the man claimed he was assaulted by a Black man and pointed across the street at McAlpin.
Obviously the assault is fucked up but this also pisses me off. They were called because a white dude was causing issues at a store. Instead of arresting the guy, they listen to him spout a lie and just assume what he was saying was true. Why would they give him the benefit of the doubt on that?
You know why.
All cops need oversight.
All cops need to be removed from interaction with the public, permanently; and new light duty police with no authority for violence need to be trained for at least half a decade from a population without any violent tendencies, including a history of playing violent contact sports or previous military experience.
Resisting against arrest should be a human right, but instead it’s used as an excuse for murder.
If you hurt someone during arrest, the usual laws apply, so I don’t see a reason for an extra law that punishes humans fight or flight response.
Usually the arrestee wasn’t even resisting. Cops are just trained to yell 'stop resisting’regardless of the situation because they know the body cam footage won’t show what’s actually happening because it’s strapped to the chest of the guy doing the punching.
They also know it can affect the memory of any eye witnesses Memory is malleable and they try to screw with it and implant the idea that the person they’re arresting WAS resisting.
I’d normally say good luck successfully arguing the deaf guy with cerebral palsy was resisting you in any way that required the need to retaliate that way, but these are cops, so the judge would probably say, “not guilty and also someone give these brave boys in blue a medal!”
Absolutely. I wouldn’t comment scrapping that law if it wouldn’t be abused, and in my opinion it doesn’t serve any positives that would outweight it.
Just reduce sentences for cooperating or something. It would be the first incentive of rehabilitation right at the moment of arrest.
The way you’re thinking is not wrong.
That said, resisting is a felony and rehabilitation was never part of the plan. Private prisons exist.
They should be charged with assault and battery, like anyone else who did that would be.
This seems like at least attempted manslaughter to me.
It should also be a hate crime against a vulnerable person. Put those fuckers away for 10 years.
Sadly, hate is a legitimate political position, and those in power are not unanimously against hatred being a dominant force within society.
They would conduct an investigation onto themselves and find no wrongdoing.
If you need to beat a suspect to do your job, you’re incompetent and should pursue another line of work. Unless of course your job is to beat people…
Well that’s a lovely phrase to know!
I feel like I’ve struggled to express this concept in the past, often in arguments about the police. I’m definitely going to be saying that a lot now.
Just make sure you say purpose and not propose.
I purpose that it’s more fun that way.
The porpoise is doing what it does.
Names and addresses of the officers would be a good thing to have out there in public.
The names are in the article. Wouldn’t be hard to find their addresses.
Lived in a Vet/Cop suburb of Phx. These fuckers are dumb and crazy.
