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.

The August incident is under investigation by the police department's internal affairs division and is being reviewed by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

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 faces charges after an incident in which two White officers repeatedly punched and tased him in a Circle K parking lot in Phoenix.

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 Mayor Kate Gallego is responding to ABC15's report of a disabled and deaf Black man who was arrested by Phoenix police officers.