Searing results of a nearly three-year civil rights investigation of the city of Phoenix and its police department were finally made public this year.
City leaders started 2024 with a resistance campaign of pushing back against the prospect of independent oversight while pointing to self-imposed reforms.
The DOJ released findings in June, when a top official said the kinds of systemic problems found in Phoenix, such as excessive violence and racial discrimination, need independent oversight to be rooted out.
City leaders met with the DOJ only once after the report was made public.
The DOJ did not sue Phoenix to impose changes.
In 2025, an attorney general chosen by President-elect Donald Trump will decide what comes next.
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