The Phoenix Police Department has been fiercely criticized in recent weeks for several incidents of misconduct. Reporting this month from ABC15 revealed that Phoenix cops had passed around challenge coins that celebrate shooting a protester in the groin back in 2017. And the Maricopa County Attorney s Office dismissed a case earlier this month against anti-police brutality protesters who were falsely accused of being part of criminal street gang after it was revealed that police and prosecutors misled a grand jury with false and misleading statements and testimony. County Attorney Allister Adel has since announced that a retired judge would review the case for possible ethical violations.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has retained a former judge to provide an outside review of events surrounding the charging of individuals as members of a criminal street gang last October.
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