Overview
- Dashcam video and the trooper’s use-of-force report both show Trooper Moisses Arellano taking Alisa Hackett to the ground and saying he delivered a closed-fist strike to her face to gain compliance.
- The footage records Arellano making statements such as “Who said I can’t punch you in your face?” while Hackett, who is 5-foot-1 and about 118 pounds, repeatedly asks what she did and cries for help.
- Hackett was arrested on multiple charges listed in the state report, including refusal to submit to arrest and possession of alcohol by a minor, after being stopped for speeding on State Highway 18 near Manila.
- Attorney Luther Sutter filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging excessive force and Hackett has told local reporters she will be represented by Ben Crump, who demands a public professional-standards investigation and prior use-of-force records.
- The Arkansas Department of Public Safety says it will not comment because litigation is pending and notes that uses of force are reviewed internally, raising public questions about disclosure and accountability.