Oklahoma paid $175,000 to settle claims that its highway patrol used excessive force against Pearl Pearson, who sued after being injured during a 2014 traffic stop when he was unable to communicate or follow verbal directions. He was beaten "to a pulp," his lawyer Derek Burch said.

A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy faces charges after an incident in which two White officers repeatedly punched and tased him in a Circle K parking lot in Phoenix.

As they should be, Phoenix police are facing mounting backlash after the release of distressing body camera footage depicting the violent arrest of Tyron McAlpin, a 34-year-old deaf Black man with cerebral palsy.

Body camera footage of the Aug. 19 arrest outside a Circle K was released on Monday and has since drawn condemnations from civil rights groups.

A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy faced charges of resisting arrest and aggravated assault — now the police officers who arrested him are under investigation.Two Phoenix police officers — Benjamin Harris and Kyle Sue — tackled 34-year-old Tyron McAlpin on August 19 before repeatedly punching and tasing him,

Phoenix — Phoenix officers repeatedly punched and shocked a deaf Black man with a Taser nearly two months ago when they responded to a call that the man had committed an assault at a convenience store, according to body camera footage.

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.