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Native Americans aren’t typically thought of as the face of police violence. But statistically, they’re more likely to be killed by police than any other racial group.

The answer lies at the tangled intersection of a multi-agency tactical exercise and the nascent world of aerial surveillance technology. “I’m sort of glad you don’t know about it,” Phoenix Fire Department spokesman said.

Daniel Brown is the first to admit that the Winslow Police Department hasn’t had the best reputation.

In 1993, Debra Shipton was hogtied, shot, and killed in her bed, then her Mesa apartment was torched to conceal evidence of the crime. Prosecutors believe they have a strong case against the suspect, but evidence has gone missing and they will have to rely on DNA science.

Newly released records show that the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has been quietly funding seminars run by Muslim-bashing conspiracy theorist John Guandolo, who is now accused of assaulting a Minnesota sheriff.

In Maricopa County, the sheriff’s office has drawn attention for racial-profiling abuses. But meanwhile, state patrol officers search Latino motorists in the county disproportionately, on the higher end of statewide rates.