F12: Arkansas State Trooper Caught Punching Black Teen Alisa Hackett In Face, Family Files Lawsuit

Source: Wesley Hitt / Getty An Arkansas traffic stop that should have been a routine encounter has turned into a federal civil rights lawsuit after 18-year-old Alisa Hackett says Arkansas State Police Trooper Moisses Arellano abused his power by punching her in the face. According to Jonesboro Right Now, Hackett is filing a lawsuit against Arellano over the August 1 traffic stop near Manila, Arkansas, where dashcam footage captured the trooper taking her to the ground and striking her. Hackett has retained ubiquitous civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who says the young woman was subjected to . . .