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On May 21, 2020, Ryan Whitaker was shot and killed by Phoenix Police officer Jeff Cooke when he answered his apartment door armed with a gun in his hand. [30] Whitaker was not using the gun in a threatening way, but was armed while officers were responding to a domestic violence call and noise complaint at his apartment. [30]
Ryan Whitaker was a 40-year-old American man who lived in Ahwatukee, Arizona (an urban village of Phoenix, Arizona), who was shot twice and killed by Phoenix Police Department Officer Jeff Cooke at approximately 10:52 p.m. on May 21, 2020. Cooke was accompanied by officer John Ferragamo, who did not fire his weapon.
An unanswered noise complaint was made about 55 minutes before a shooting at an Arizona home Saturday night that left two people dead and five others injured, police said.
The Phoenix Police Department was criticized for its treatment of protesters, deaths of people who were restrained by officers, and a high number of shootings by officers. Phoenix police didn't ...
Arizona (Phoenix) Police were called to Whitaker's apartment following a noise complaint. After police knocked on his door, Whitaker opened it holding a gun. While getting onto his knees and putting his left hand behind his back, one of the officers shot him twice. [55] 2020-05-20 Tobby LaRon Wiggins (45) Black Atmore, AL [56] 2020-05-20 Stoney ...
The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the Phoenix Police Department in 2021, after officers were involved in a series of shootings and were the subject of complaints of ...
The city of Phoenix and its police force have launched a new website in response to a recent scathing U.S. Justice Department report outlining a pattern of excessive force and racial discrimination.
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arizona.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 141 law enforcement agencies employing 14,591 sworn police officers, about 224 for each 100,000 residents.