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	<title>Crime &amp; Police Archives | Phoenix New Times</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 23:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Arizona police board to probe state trooper who lied about tasing man</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:18:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Police shot and killed a man in her car. She&#8217;s burdened by questions</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:07 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/FLOREZ-SHOOTING-1200x800-1.jpg" alt="an illustration of a black chevy caprice with bullet holes in the windshield" />Cops killed Jesus Flores in February as he tried to flee in a hobbled car. His partner, Danielle Flores, was there.]]></description>
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		<title>Fired Phoenix cop&#8217;s First Amendment claims &#8216;are strong,&#8217; judge says</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:29:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title>Arizona executes Leroy McGill, convicted murderer and arsonist</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 15:15:54 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/Leroy-McGill-Mugshot.png" alt="leroy mcgill" />The state's third execution since restarting them last year was swift and by the book, witnesses said.]]></description>
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		<title>Witness: Locked gate at women&#8217;s prison impeded inmate suicide response</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:05:45 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/ASPC-Perryville.png" alt="the entrance and parking lot at arizona state prison complex-perryville" />Crystal Walker died Saturday at ASPC-Perryville. Nurses were delayed in reaching her by a gate that's supposed to stay open.]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Leroy McGill? What to know about the man Arizona will execute</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 06:44:26 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/Leroy-McGill-Mugshot.png" alt="leroy mcgill" />Leroy McGill was convicted of first-degree murder in 2004. The state will kill him by lethal injection on May 20.]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Police shoot and kill armed man who allegedly assaulted a cop</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:51:59 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/Joseph-Mendez-Phoenix-Police-CIB.png" alt="a body-cam footage still showing a police officer&#039;s arm pointing a gun at a man in an alley" />Video shows that Joseph Mendez appeared to raise a gun at officers before they fatally shot him on April 29.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix cops have killed 6 people so far in 2026. Here’s who they were</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 08:18:14 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/ww-media/mediaserver/phx/2023-22/the-zone-clearing-5.31.2023-cr-katya-schwenk-dscf1050.webp" alt="a phoenix police officer, seen from behind, holding a riot shield" />The Phoenix Police Department killed 11 people last year, and is more than halfway to that death toll so far in 2026.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix fires off-duty cop who tried to bait student protesters</title>
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					<dc:creator>Zach Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 17:53:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/04/Dusten-Mullen-Protest-e1778018180396.jpg" alt="two police officers speak to a masked man near a building" />Sgt. Dusten Mullen showed up armed and masked at an anti-ICE a student protest in January.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix cop shooting video raises questions: &#8216;Why’d you shoot her?&#8217;</title>
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					<dc:creator>Clarissa Sosin</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:41:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/05/Phoenix-Police-CIB-Moroyoqui-Screenshot.png" alt="a body-cam still showing hands pointing a rifle at a person walking on a sidewalk at night" />Phoenix cop Samuel Painter shot Dalia Moroyoqui on April 27. Moroyoqui had a knife, but video does not show her making any threatening movements.]]></description>
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