Tyron McAlpin was arrested by officers Benjamin Harris and Kyle Sue on Aug. 19 and is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of resisting arrest, all felonies.
The cops were called by Circle-K employees to trespass a white male off the property who had been aggressive and bothering staff and other customers. When they arrived, they spoke to the man, who said he’d had an altercation with a black male who left, and he pointed across the street. Rather than stay and do any sort of investigation about what actually happened, they took off, found McAlpin, and started assaulting him when he didn’t immediately respond to verbal commands.
This video from Civil Rights Lawyer has more context about how things went down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ikcRlI3QQM
The cops were called by Circle-K employees to trespass a white male off the property who had been aggressive and bothering staff and other customers. When they arrived, they spoke to the man, who said he’d had an altercation with a black male who left, and he pointed across the street. Rather than stay and do any sort of investigation about what actually happened, they took off, found McAlpin, and started assaulting him when he didn’t immediately respond to verbal commands.