Wife of Deaf Man Attacked by Phoenix Police Demands Answers to 911 Calls

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Police Department on Monday released 911 calls related to the police assault of a deaf black man during an arrest in August, including calls from his wife demanding the officers be held accountable.

After the controversial arrest on Aug. 19, Tyrone McAlpin’s wife called 911 and asked why her husband, who was deaf and had cerebral palsy, was attacked by police in the area of ​​16th Street and Indian School.

“The police jumped out of the car, started beating him on the ground, and hit my husband with a stun gun. My husband is deaf,” she told the 911 dispatcher. “I have everything recorded on video on my phone. I want to know why the police did this to him and now they are arresting my husband.”

The dispatcher did not disclose the details of the incident, but told his wife that the police would call her.

“Tell Officer Harris, the one who punched him in the face, to call me,” the wife screamed. “I have all their badge numbers.”

According to the police report, McAlpin matched the description of a suspect who got into a fight at the Circle K near 12th Street and Indian School and did not want to leave the store.

McAlpin’s lawyer says his client was not involved in the attack.

Surveillance video shows two officers repeatedly punching McAlpine and using a stun gun on him.

McAlpin’s wife told the 911 dispatcher she wanted to press charges against the officers.

“I would like to press charges against the police officer because I know the law,” she said. “Because my husband has a disability, they should never have attacked him the way they did. »

McAlpine was later jailed on two counts of assaulting a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. These charges were later dropped.

The case attracted national attention.

“They hit him with a stun gun and there was no crime. Tyrone did nothing wrong,” McAlpin’s lawyer, Jesse Showalter, said earlier this month.

The officers’ union, the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, said McAlpin “resisted arrest after immediately engaging in an aggressive fight with our officers.”

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