Disturbing Footage Shows Phoenix Police Beat And Taser A Deaf Man With Cerebral Palsy

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —Alarming body camera footage recently obtained by Arizona’s Family shows a man getting hit multiple times and tased by officers during an arrest in August.

The suspect in the video, Tyron McAlpin, is deaf and has cerebral palsy, according to his wife.

In the police body camera footage, you can see an officer immediately go after McAlpin. A nearby security camera shows the officer driving in front of him while he’s walking before the officer engages him.

According to the police report, that is when McAlpin fought back against officers. Another officer arrived on the scene, but his body camera flew off during the incident.

In the video, you can’t hear McAlpin talk, only yell.

The officers were investigating an assault at a nearby Circle K and reported that McAlpin fit the description of the suspect. McAlpin was arrested for assault on the victim, aggravated assault on police officers and resisting arrest.

Phoenix police gave Arizona’s Family this statement in response to the arrest:

“This incident is the subject of an ongoing investigation and was assigned to the Professional Standards Bureau common for all use of force incident reviews on August 30, 2024.”

The arrest comes just a couple of months after the recent Department of Justice investigation that found Phoenix Police used excessive force and discriminated against black, Hispanic and Native American people.