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After major police endorsement, Rep. Gallego faces backlash from progressive groups
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 29, 2024 04:37pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Aug 29, 2024 04:00pm |
| Description | After drawing praise for an endorsement by Arizona police, Rep. Ruben Gallego has now drawn anger and disappointment from some Arizona progressives for discouraging the Department of Justice from imposing federal oversight on the Phoenix Police Department.
In a letter to the Justice Department — sent one day after the Arizona Police Association announced it’s backing Gallego in the state’s U.S. Senate race — the congressman said federal investigators “missed the mark” in their examination of Phoenix police.
That nearly three-year investigation concluded in June that Phoenix police have engaged in a “pattern or practice” of using excessive force, acting with bias and violating constitutional and civil rights.
In his letter, Gallego described those violations – “a mere 120 or so unspecified incidents across eight years,” he wrote – as isolated, not pervasive. And he argued against the need for federal oversight for the city’s police department, a position aligned with some of the Phoenix City Council members, who’ve resisted calls from community groups for the DOJ’s further involvement. |
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