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Unions, county attorney slam DOJ report finding Phoenix police routinely violate civil rights
In a press conference on Tuesday, police unions and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office slammed an extensive Department of Justice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department that concluded officers regularly violated civil and constitutional rights and used excessive and illegal force. The Arizona Police...
Phoenix area under 2 excessive heat warnings amid 4th of July high temps
An excessive heat warning for "dangerously hot conditions" was issued Wednesday for Maricopa County by the National Weather Service. But another heat warning continues through Tuesday evening. The warning started at 1:54 a.m. and was scheduled to expire at 3 p.m. Wednesday, according to officials. The next warning, affecting portions...
Arizona workers one step closer to extreme heat protections with proposed Biden rules
Heat waves in Arizona have become increasingly frequent, extreme and lethal in recent years due to the warming influences of human-caused climate change and the urban heat island effect of development. Yet even as regional research, awareness and mitigation initiatives ramp up, efforts to enact statewide heat protections for workers...
As Arizona pastors, we can’t let a GOP official use Christianity to ‘lynch’ someone
Opinion: Maricopa County Republican official Shelby Busch told an audience that if Republican Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer were in the room with them, she would 'lynch him.'. Katie Sexton and Caleb Campbell. opinion contributors. As pastors in the state of Arizona, we are concerned about the toxic polarization that...
‘Irresponsible and offensive:’ Arizona Police Association calls out DOJ report on Phoenix PD
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Police Association (APA) and the Maricopa County Attorney hosted a news conference Tuesday morning regarding the recent Department of Justice report into the Phoenix Police Department. “Thirty years of failure is what the Department of Justice represents,” APA President Justin Harris said during the...
2nd teen charged in Preston Lord killing released from jail after posting bail
A teen charged in connection with the fatal group attack on Preston Lord was released from custody a day after a judge reduced his million-dollar bond. The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday that Taylor Sherman, 19, posted bail. He was under electronic monitoring, according to the Sheriff's Office. A...
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