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.
All cops need oversight.
All cops need pink slips
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.
But then how would they violently enforce white supremacy and the interests of capitalists?