A Department of Justice investigation has found that the Phoenix Police Department uses excessive force, violates the rights of homeless people, and discriminates against Black, Hispanic and Native American people.
Phoenix police are resisting federal accountability after the Justice Department released a scathing report that detailed a disturbing pattern of violating the civil rights of minority groups and unhoused people. The Phoenix Police Department has developed a reputation as America’s deadliest police department in recent years, and public reporting on officers’ violence prompted a multiyear probe in 2021.
In the months leading up to the report, Phoenix police officials tried to pre-empt it with a pressure campaign to discourage the city from entering a consent decree with the federal government that would authorize federal oversight of the department. Leaders of the Phoenix police union expounded upon those fears in a press conference last week in which they denounced the DOJ report and pushed debunked claims that federal accountability could harm officer morale.
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