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After blocking public and media access to what may have been the final hearing for a federal lawsuit over a man s 2017 death in Phoenix police custody, a judge has not made a decision on whether the case will move forward in Arizona.
The death of Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin Jr., which a medical examiner ruled a homicide, garnered new attention and outrage last year. Muhaymin s death while being pinned to the ground by officers bore similarities to the death of George Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police touched off protests nationwide.
In 2017, Muhaymin tried to take his dog, Chiquita, with him to the bathroom at a city community center in west Phoenix. He told an employee, and later police, that Chiquita was a service dog and he couldn t leave her outside.