Black leaders charge police brutality in beating case


Frank Morrison, a groundskeeper at a Phoenix church who claims he was beaten by Phoenix police officers in a case of mistaken identity.
Police showed up looking for a burglary suspect and ordered him to lie on the ground.
"They beat me, handcuffed me, and beat me again," Morrison said in a news release issued Wednesday. "They told me to shut up. They had their guns pulled on me from the beginning."
Morrison said he was never identified or Morrison, who was never identified or ticketed by police and was then roughed up so badly he suffered a stroke.
He said the officers left him for dead.
The Rev. Jarrett Maupin said the beating happened about 4 a.m. at the Word Center Church.