Victims cited in DOJ report on Phoenix police brutality call on city to implement mandated reforms

By TERRY TANG
Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — Supporters of over two dozen alleged victims of civil rights violations at the hands of Phoenix police say a scathing Justice Department report is vindication. Jarrett Maupin, a Phoenix activist known for working with victims alleging police brutality, said Friday the city owes families impacted by police violence an apology and financial compensation. The sweeping federal probe accuses the police force in the nation’s fifth-largest city of discriminating against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detaining homeless people and using excessive force. The union representing the Phoenix Police Department’s rank-and-file officers has called the report a “farce.”