Oklahoma paid $175,000 to settle claims that its highway patrol used excessive force against Pearl Pearson, who sued after being injured during a 2014 traffic stop when he was unable to communicate or follow verbal directions. He was beaten "to a pulp," his lawyer Derek Burch said.

As they should be, Phoenix police are facing mounting backlash after the release of distressing body camera footage depicting the violent arrest of Tyron McAlpin, a 34-year-old deaf Black man with cerebral palsy.

A deaf Black man with cerebral palsy faces charges after an incident in which two White officers repeatedly punched and tased him in a Circle K parking lot in Phoenix.