PHOENIX (AZ Family) — The Phoenix Police Department released 911 calls Monday related to cops attacking a deaf black man during an arrest in August, including his wife calling to demand the officers be held accountable.

After the controversial arrest took place on August 19, Tyron McAlpin’s wife called 911 to ask why her husband, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, was attacked by police in the area of ​​16th Street and Indian School.

“The police jumped out of the car, started punching him on the ground and my husband was tasered. My husband is deaf,” she told the 911 dispatcher. “I have all the videos on my phone. I want to know why the police did this to him and now they are arresting my husband.”

The dispatcher did not release the details of what happened, but told the wife that the police would call her.

“Tell Officer Harris, the one who hit him in the face, to call me,” the wife screamed. “I have all their badge numbers.”

According to the police report, McAlpin matched the description of the suspect, who fought at a Circle K near 12th Street and Indian School and did not leave the store.

McAlpin’s lawyer maintains that his client was not involved in the attack.

In surveillance video, the two officers are seen repeatedly punching McAlpin and a stun gun is used on him.

McAlpin’s wife told the 911 dispatcher that she wanted the officers charged.

“I would like to press charges against the police officer because I know the law,” she said. “Because my husband has a disability, they should never have attacked him the way they did.”

McAlpin was later jailed on two counts of assault on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. Those charges were later dropped.

The case gained national attention.

“They put it on him and there was no underlying crime. Tyron had done nothing wrong,” McAlpin’s attorney, Jesse Showalter, said earlier this month.

The officers’ union, the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, said McAlpin “resisted arrest after immediately becoming combative with our officers.”

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