ABC15 chief investigator Dave Biscobing lays out a traffic stop in West Phoenix that starts like a routine speeding complaint and ends with a man on the ground, officers striking him, and felony charges that a jury later threw out in less than an hour.
The driver at the center of Biscobing’s report is Israel Devoe, 33, who says he still can’t believe what was said about him in court. Right after his trial, Devoe told ABC15 he was “astonished” by the allegations, calling them “a bunch of lies.”
Biscobing’s framing is simple but sharp: Devoe says he got caught in a dangerous version of “Simon Says,” where fast, overlapping commands and split-second judgment calls created a situation he “couldn’t win.”…