Phoenix police discriminate, violate civil rights and use excessive force, Justice Department says
CBSMAY 29 2024
DOJ: 'Pattern' of Civil Rights Violations in Phoenix Police Department
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The Spin
Left narrative
The PPD, like many law enforcement agencies around the country, has a pattern of treating the constitutional rights of those around them with contempt. Phoenix police have demonstrated a pattern of excessive force and discrimination, and it is a shame that the federal government needed to intervene before things changed. The police cannot be trusted to police themselves.
Right narrative
Phoenix cooperated extensively with the DOJ and is being rewarded with a potential consent decree, which is the kiss of death for any police department that wants to be effective at fighting crime. It has been 10 years since the DOJ issued a report without a consent decree, which will hand over most of the PPD's power to the federal government. The PPD will be suffocated by federal bureaucracy under this civil rights guise.