Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division said on Thursday that the Justice Department opened a “pattern or practice investigation” into the City of Phoenix and its police force.
The move comes two days after the Phoenix Police Department released edited bodycam footage of an officer fatally shooting a 31-year-old man armed with a knife in July. However, officials did not reference that incident when announcing the probe.
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