Arrest of Randal Worcester

On August 21, 2022, Randal Ray Worcester, a 27-year-old white man, was violently arrested in Mulberry, Arkansas, United States by three law enforcement officers: Crawford County Sheriff deputies Levi White and Zack King, and Mulberry police officer Thell Riddle. A bystander's video of the arrest was posted online that day and spread widely across social media. By the next day, the three officers had been suspended with pay while state and federal authorities investigated the officers. Worcester filed a federal lawsuit against the officers and their departments eight days after the incident.