Patrick J. Walker

VIDEO: ⚠️ Employees at a Circle K store in Phoenix called police about a white guy causing problems. When police arrived, the white guy accused an innocent Black guy across the street of causing the problem. Police then ran off and violently arrested the Black guy, Tyron McAlpin. What happened next is disgusting, disgraceful, and criminal. Tyron McAlpin is deaf and could not hear or understand the police commands, but the officers brutally attacked him anyway. My younger brother is deaf, and this story makes me angry and fearful. I worry about my brother’s safety when he interacts with police. I’ve been saying for years that the whole “law enforcement” model of policing (aggressively ordering commands and demanding immediate compliance in non-threatening situations) is broken and needs to be replaced with a public safety-focused approach to protect our communities. But Trump wants to bring back stop and frisk policies and give police immunity from prosecution. It’s time to stop this madness.