Dravon Ames, with several alledged victims of civil rights violations, speaks during a news conference Friday, June 14, 2024, in Phoenix. Local Phoenix activists discuss the Department of Justice probe, accusing the police force in the nation's fifth-largest city of discriminating against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detaining homeless people and using excessive force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
FILE - Phoenix Police stand in front of police headquarters on May 30, 2020, in Phoenix, waiting for protesters marching to protest the death of George Floyd. Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Rev. Jarrett Maupin, joined by several alleged victims of civil rights violations, speaks during a news conference, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Phoenix. Maupin, a Phoenix activist known for working with victims alleging police brutality, discusses the Department of Justice probe, accusing the police force in the nation's fifth-largest city of discriminating against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detaining homeless people and using excessive force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Katt McKinney, founder of Glendale-based advocacy group Black Women of Faith, joins with several alledged victims of civil rights violations, speaks during a news conference Friday, June 14, 2024, in Phoenix. Phoenix activists gathered to discuss the Department of Justice probe, accusing the police force in the nation's fifth-largest city of discriminating against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detaining homeless people and using excessive force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Darrell Kriplean, president of the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, which represents about 2,200 Phoenix officers, responds to a Department of Justice report on the department during a news conference Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Phoenix. The Justice Department said that Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detain homeless people and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
FILE - Michael Sullivan, the interim police chief for the Phoenix Police Department, speaks a news conference, Feb. 7, 2023, in Phoenix. Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
Rev. Jarrett Maupin, joined by several alleged victims of civil rights violations, speaks during a news conference, Friday, June 14, 2024, in Phoenix. Maupin, a Phoenix activist known for working with victims alleging police brutality, discusses the Department of Justice probe, accusing the police force in the nation's fifth-largest city of discriminating against Black, Hispanic and Native American people, unlawfully detaining homeless people and using excessive force. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)