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DOJ investigates Phoenix police; Somali refugee

DOJ Probes Phoenix Police: Somali Refugee’s Tragic Death Among Shocking Abuses Revealed

PHOENIX, Arizona (AX) — A blistering exposé by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) accused the Phoenix Police Department of repeatedly breaching civil liberties through misconduct, including unwarranted deadly force.The feds pointed fingers at plenty of cases showing excessive force and bias against Black, Hispanic, and Native American folks. Cops also snagged, fined, and locked up homeless folks without cause, they claimed.One gut-wrenching case happened in September 2022, when 34-year-old Somali refugee Ali Osman was…

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