Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Department says

Justice Department: Phoenix police violate rights, discriminate against Black, Latino and Native American people and use excessive force.

Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Latino and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday.

A 2020 case accusing 15 protesters of being in an antipolice gang was dismissed because there wasn’t credible evidence; in 2017, a “challenge coin” was circulated among officers depicting a gas mask-wearing demonstrator getting shot in the groin with a pepper ball; and in June 2019, cellphone video emerged showing officers pointing guns when they confronted an unarmed Black couple with two small children they suspected of shoplifting.

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