The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force.
FILE - Phoenix Police officers watch protesters rally on June 2, 2020, in Phoenix, during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. Phoenix police violate peoples rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, June 13, 2024.
Investigators found Phoenix police use on “dangerous tactics that lead to force that is unnecessary and unreasonable.” “We remain very hopeful that we can build on the track record of success that we have had in other jurisdictions across our country and put in place a consent decree that contains the strong medicine necessary to address the severe violations identified,” Clarke said.
A 2020 case accusing 15 protesters of being in an anti-police 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.
The report said some police shootings likely could have been avoided if not for officers’ “reckless tactics.” And investigators found that police “unreasonably delay” providing aid to people they have shot and use force against people who are unconscious or otherwise incapacitated. The Justice Department found that police use unjustified force against people who are handcuffed and accused of low-level crimes.
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