Two Phoenix police officers who were suspended after repeatedly punching and tasing a deaf man with cerebral palsy have had those suspensions overturned by a city board, but the public may never learn exactly why because the appeals were heard behind closed doors and board members are not required to explain their votes.
ABC15 Arizona chief investigator Dave Biscobing returned to the case of Tyron McAlpin, whose violent August 2024 arrest drew national attention after body-camera footage showed Officers Benjamin Harris and Kyle Sue confronting him based on allegations that later proved false.
The officers eventually received 24-hour suspensions, but both appealed to Phoenix’s Civil Service Board. Sue’s suspension was overturned in a 4-1 vote in February, followed by Harris’s in a 3-1 vote in May…