For more than 40 years, citizens in Phoenix have tried to bring accountability and transparency to the Phoenix Police Department. They have failed. For many years, Phoenix police have been in the top three of cities that shoot their own citizens. Phoenix Police Department ranked No. 1 for use of deadly force among police departments that cover the 10 most populous cities in the country, according to a report from the organization Mapping Police Violence that in 2022 revealed a database of police deadly use of force going back to 2013. (Photo by Pexels)
For over 40 years, citizens in Phoenix have tried to bring accountability and transparency to the Phoenix Police Department. They have failed. For many years, Phoenix police have been in...
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