DOJ, Phoenix police
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Federal investigators spent years probing the city of Phoenix and its police department before delivering blistering findings of civil rights abuses last June. Now, the Justice Department is clawing those findings back.
Arizona GOP Congressman Abe Hamadeh took a victory lap as the Trump Justice Department announced it what called politically motivated and weaponized investigations into police departments.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
Trump DOJ is abandoning efforts for court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville after finding they'd violated civil rights of Black people.
The city also rejected a petition eliminate reversible lanes on 7th Avenue and 7th Street that citizens say lead to confusion and increased accidents.
Arizona's Family investigative reporter Amy Cutler reports on what's next for the Phoenix Police Department as the DOJ winds down their investigation.
The Justice Department is working toward dropping reform agreements with police departments in Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., after killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in those cities drew national attention.