Video: Police shoot and kill armed man who allegedly assaulted a cop
Video shows that Joseph Mendez appeared to raise a gun at officers before they fatally shot him on April 29.
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Phoenix cops have killed 6 people so far in 2026. Here’s who they were
The Phoenix Police Department killed 11 people last year, and is more than halfway to that death toll so far in 2026.
Phoenix fires off-duty cop who tried to bait student protesters
Sgt. Dusten Mullen showed up armed and masked at an anti-ICE a student protest in January.
Phoenix cop shooting video raises questions: ‘Why’d you shoot her?’
Phoenix cop Samuel Painter shot Dalia Moroyoqui on April 27. Moroyoqui had a knife, but video does not show her making any threatening movements.
You can now report ICE misconduct directly to the city of Phoenix
Phoenix has also enacted a policy barring federal agents from using city property without permission in most circumstances.
Who is Leroy McGill? What to know about the man Arizona will execute
Leroy McGill was convicted of first-degree murder in 2004. The state will kill him by lethal injection on May 20.
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The most ghoulish things we saw at the Phoenix Border Security Expo
For two days this week, the carnival of human-herding cruelty took over the Phoenix Convention Center. We were there.
Jet-skiing teen sues sheriff’s office for running him over with a boat
Josh Nieto-Cruz suffered a severe leg wound after a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office boat plowed into him on Bartlett Lake.
Judge won’t stop Phoenix from disciplining cop who baited protesters
Sgt. Dusten Mullen is being investigated for showing up armed and masked to a student protest in January.
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Man held at Mesa ICE facility slept on feces-covered floor, wife says
Marcos Gaspar Da Silva was held at ICE’s Mesa airport facility for 10 days. The overcrowded facility has no beds or showers.
Lieutenant: Phoenix rushed probe on cop who baited teen protesters
While off-duty, Phoenix cop Dusten Mullen showed up at a student protest to attempt to bait teenagers into attacking him.
Widow sues Scottsdale after police shot and killed her unarmed husband
Police did not recover a weapon after killing Joseph Santos in March 2025. Now Santos’ widow wants justice for his killing.
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Tell me lies: Phoenix ranked among ‘most dishonest’ cities in U.S.
Catfishing and fraud schemes, that’s what Phoenix does!
ICE said she wasn’t pregnant. Then she miscarried
A Phoenix-area woman was almost three months pregnant when ICE detained her. She suffered a miscarriage at ICE’s Eloy facility.
Repentant Phoenix cop gets 18-month suspension after drunken rampage
“I’ve become a better person,” Timothy Clark told the AZPOST discipline board. He and other officers wound up potentially out of a job.
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Pinal County deputies roughed up a deaf, 79-year-old Lyft driver
In January, Tom Garro was pulled over by a sheriff’s deputy. He wound up slammed to the ground and placed in handcuffs.
Cop who hounded student protesters had glowing performance reviews
Dusten Mullen’s bosses raved about him just days before the Phoenix cop allegedly tried to bait students into arrests.
Video: Runaway cows evade cops in South Phoenix neighborhood
Two cows escaped their pen early Monday morning, leading to a rather unusual foot chase by police.
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How Scottsdale cops botched a probe into a strip club drugging scheme
Cops believed dancers were drugging patrons and running up bills. Without any evidence, they tried to shut the clubs down.
ICE suddenly decrowded packed Mesa facility before congressional visit
The detainee population dropped sharply after lawmakers announced a visit — then climbed again almost immediately after.
Pinal County Attorney’s top investigator body-slammed Black teen
Richard Mueller, a disgraced cop now working for prosecutor Brad Miller, roughed up a teen during a traffic stop.
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Video: Phoenix cop kills barricaded suspect after tense stand-off
Phoenix police shot and killed Justin Schmidt after a long stand-off at his west Phoenix townhome on March 15.