Bodycam video shows Phoenix police punching and tasing a deaf man on the ground

Newly released bodycam footage shows two Phoenix police officers shouting orders to a deaf man as he’s lying face-down on the ground – with one officer punching him and another officer tasing him.

Newly released bodycam footage shows two Phoenix police officers shouting orders to a Black man as he’s lying face-down on the ground – with one officer repeatedly punching him and another officer tasing him. Tyron McAlpin, 34, is deaf and no longer accused of an alleged crime that prompted officers to physically confront him in a parking lot the morning of August 19. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office decided to drop an initial charge of theft against him, the office told CNN Tuesday. But McAlpin now faces two counts of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest after Phoenix police said he took a “fighting stance” when first approached by an officer. Police were trying to question McAlpin after a man said he was punched by someone who tried to steal his bike, according to an incident report. The man directed police to McAlpin, and officers followed him to a nearby parking lot. As McAlpin walks across the parking lot, one officer calls out to the deaf man from his police car, the bodycam footage shows. “Hey buddy, stop where you’re at,” the officer says. “Have a seat.”