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.
They should be charged with assault and battery, like anyone else who did that would be.
It should also be a hate crime against a vulnerable person. Put those fuckers away for 10 years.
This seems like at least attempted manslaughter to me.
You mean assault with a deadly weapon?
Manslaughter is accidental, so attempted manslaughter is just attempt of murder.
No, manslaughter is just not premeditated. We don’t know whether or not the cops went in trying to kill the man, but they definitely knew that what they were doing had that potential.
https://leppardlaw.com/criminal-law/homicide-lawyers/what-is-attempted-manslaughter/
And now I know. Thanks squiddums!
Depends on the region. Lots of places have 2nd degree murder for murders that perpetrated by someone who had intent but did not plan it, then use manslaughter for the death of someone which was not intentional but should have known that there was a probability of death occuring.
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…
How fucking horrid.
Not only did they immediately beat the ever living shit out of him, they charged him with assault and resisting arrest!
The guy causing trouble just pointed to him. They didn’t ask the store, or witnesses, just drove over and started swinging. They didn’t give him a chance to try and communicate and just started beating him. That’s fucking insane. Did the guy causing the issues ever even get in any trouble? They asked him to “wait” and just left. Didn’t take him with them, they didn’t come out swinging, they spoke with him and were like, “a negro you say? Say no more.”
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.
All cops need oversight.
Lived in a Vet/Cop suburb of Phx. These fuckers are dumb and crazy.
Names and addresses of the officers would be a good thing to have out there in public.
Congrats to Phoenix officers Ben Harris and Kyle Sue, you just made the List.
Disgusting. There need to be assault charges on the officers and the department needs a overhaul and oversight. Watch the video if you don’t agree
Closest to oversight or charges we see in this country is paid leave funded by taxpayers for a few weeks and a transfer to another dept to wash away any wrongdoing that was caught by civilians.
I feel like we need neighborhood patrols of white people (sadly) looking to prevent the police from murdering anyone.
Well last century is the was the black panthers… and that lead to gun control by a republican governor. So… how about a mix and black and white people on patrol to see if we can scare them into wanting gun control.
I like where your head is at. Let’s include a variety of skin tones and ancestral nationalities. But the white component is key, so we don’t get murdered.
If the BLM protests taught us anything, it was that if you don’t cower before police authority, they’ll kill you regardless of your skin color.
We should still do it. However, don’t pretend cops won’t kill white people. Just because they prefer to kill brown people it doesn’t mean they’re not willing to branch out.
My plan is for us to all be armed. Plus, police seem to really dislike being filmed while they murder people for some reason.
