One week after the Department of Justice released a scathing report on the Phoenix Police Department, community leaders are continuing to speak out.
The overall message from activists on June 20: New changes from the Phoenix Police Department, and the DOJ report, don’t go far enough.Last week, the DOJ released findings from the nearly three-year investigation.
On the other side, there are very different feelings.Last week, the police union suggested the DOJ report was politically motivated and pointed to its recent reforms, including its updated use of force policy, as a commitment to change."Before we even released those, we told them we need to be involved in the process of any of those resolutions, and the development of them, said Dr. Mimi Gebremariam of Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro. "This has not happened.
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