Tag: punching
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Akron school resource officer put on administrative duty after punching student in the head
An Akron, Ohio, school resource officer has been assigned to administrative duty after he was recorded on video punching a high school student in the head, the mayor said. Security video released Monday by Akron Public Schools shows the school’s resource officer, who is a member of the Akron Police Department and was assigned to…
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Video of Phoenix police using a Taser and punching deaf man with cerebral palsy under scrutiny
The arrest of a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy, who was repeatedly punched and Tased by a pair of Phoenix police officers in August and later charged with aggravated assault and resisting arrest, has come under new scrutiny. Tyron McAlpin was arrested by officers Benjamin Harris and Kyle Sue on Aug. 19. But his…