A sweeping new report from the Justice Department reveals a pattern of racism and

excessive force at the Phoenix Police Department. released yesterday

it's just one of 11 agency investigations into Police Dep departments nationwide since 2021.

The three-year probe into Phoenix followed a series of high-profile incidents of misconduct

and one of the highest rates of officer involved shootings in the country.

Joining us now is Taylor Seely, reporter at the Arizona Republic,

who's been covering this investigation since it was announced.

So Taylor, before we get in to some of these findings, tell us more about what spurred this investigation in the first place.

So we saw a similar probe in Minneapolis after police killed George Floyd and Louisville after police killed Brianna Taylor.

What happened in Phoenix?

In Phoenix, rather than one large event,

it was actually a string of controversies

that garnered public attention

and we believe eventually led its way to get the

attention of the Justice Department.

So as you mentioned, you know, in 2018 Phoenix Police Department was one of the most lethal, well actually was the most lethal

police force in the country.

And in years past and in years since that, we have continued to remain a department that has a substantially high number of officer involved shootings.

And there have been a string of other controversies as well.

All right, there's a few findings to unpack here.

Let's begin with the finding of a pattern of essentially racism and

excessive force. What does the report detail on that front? Who was the worst impacted there?

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