Charges have been dropped against Tyron McAlpin, a deaf black man with cerebral palsy whose Phoenix arrest video sparked outrage

The top prosecutor in Maricopa County in Arizona made the announcement on Thursday Charges against Tyron McAlpin — a black man who is deaf and has cerebral palsy and was seen on video being violently arrested — are dropped.

The announcement came after police body camera video of McAlpin’s arrest was released and sparked outrage, showing two Phoenix police officers repeatedly punching and cursing McAlpin.

“I have now completed my review and made the decision to dismiss all remaining charges against Mr. McAlpin,” Maricopa County Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell said Thursday.

McAlpin was charged with three felonies for allegedly assaulting the two arresting officers and resisting arrest.

Phoenix police officers were called to reports of a white man loitering in a supermarket on August 19th. This man claimed he was attacked and his phone was stolen, and he named McAlpin as the perpetrator. McAlpin was not charged in the incident with this man and his lawyer says he was wrongly accused.

In the arrest video, Officer Benjamin Harris was seen jumping out of his vehicle and striking McAlpin as Officer Kyle Sue rushed over. McAlpin was struck at least 10 times and was also repeatedly Tasered. On the video, Sue can be heard claiming McAlpin bit him, and in the police report of the incident, Harris claims McAlpin attacked him.

“Tyron is just trying to avoid getting hurt by an aggressive, out-of-control police officer,” McAlpin’s attorney, Jesse Showalter, previously told CBS News. “He cannot hear any of the commands given to him and the attack never lets up and officers do nothing to de-escalate the situation.”

The arrest video sparked strong backlash from the NAACP and ACLU, prompting Mitchell to announce she would “personally review the entire file as well as the entire video.”

She also noted Thursday that earlier in the week she had “convened a large gathering of senior attorneys and community members to hear their views on this case.”

McAlpin’s arrest came two months after a Damning report from the Department of Justice found that Phoenix police used a pattern of discrimination and excessive force.

Kris Van Cleave contributed to this report.