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Dave Mann
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Phoenix, Arizona. Love animals and democracy, not fascists or cops. Also Jazz, Film Noir, motorsports, mountain bikes, and firearms. #ACAB
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"When a south Phoenix family called 911 for help about their suicidal father, they didn’t think he’d be killed by police. Now, the family plans to sue the Phoenix Police Department and the City of Phoenix."
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Family of suicidal man killed by police plans to sue Phoenix PD and City
When a south Phoenix family called 911 for help about their suicidal father, they didn’t think he’d be killed by police. Now, the family plans to sue the Phoenix Police Department.
www.abc15.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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"The Phoenix Police Department has not named the officer or said whether that officer is still with the department."

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Phoenix officer charged with aggravated assault, endangerment following March crash
On Wednesday, the Phoenix Police Department announced one of its officers was involved in an on-duty crash at the Interstate 17 and Buckeye Road freeway access.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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(in)Defensible: Fire officials spent public money for ‘crisis’ PR help after ABC15 investigation
After ABC15 exposed how a top Prescott-area firefighter falsely accused a man of a serious crime, the department spent public tax dollars to hire a firm to handle “crisis management," records show.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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New from ABC15 reporter Dave Biscobing:

"Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell is fighting a court order requiring her to testify about her office's handling of charges against 68 pro-Palestine protesters."
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Maricopa County Attorney sues court to avoid testifying in pro-Palestine protester case
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell is fighting a court order requiring her to testify about her office's handling of charges against 68 pro-Palestine protesters.
www.abc15.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Body-cam footage showed a Phoenix cop shooting a man who suddenly stood up and turned to enter a restaurant. He was unarmed.
Video: Phoenix cop shoots unarmed man who was attempting to flee
Body-cam footage showed a Phoenix cop shooting a man who suddenly stood up and turned to enter a restaurant. He was unarmed.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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"Several community advocacy groups held a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s Phoenix City Council meeting to talk about the nearly dozen police shootings since Chief Matt Giordano took over the department less than two months ago."
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Community groups speak out against shootings involving Phoenix police officers
Chief Giordano's first official day with the department was August 11. Since then, Phoenix PD’s officers have been involved in 10 shootings, with more than half of them resulting in deaths.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Here's a follow-up to the post below.
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(in)Defensible: One man’s fight to prove self-defense against a top small-town fire official
Young construction worker Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them outside a gas station convenience store.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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"...Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them... The false and unvetted allegations were all police needed to...hold Massucci at gunpoint, and charge him with multiple felonies."
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(in)Defensible: One man’s fight to prove self-defense against a top small-town fire official
Young construction worker Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them outside a gas station convenience store.
www.abc15.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Just in, from the Department of Irony:
phoenixcalida.bsky.social Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · Oct 5
ICE is pepper spraying CPD (Chicago police)
October 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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"The Phoenix Law Enforcement Association — the union that represents Phoenix cops — did not respond to a Phoenix New Times inquiry about its response to Giordano’s pledge to implement the new policies. PLEA had previously been critical of Sullivan’s reform efforts."
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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This will be worth watching.
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Jon Stewart Taking Over ‘Daily Show’ Desk Tonight After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension
The 'Daily Show' icon is taking over Thursday's episode in the wake of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' being pulled.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Here more evidence of Phoenix Police officers acting like sadistic pricks:
September 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This is new from ABC15 in Phoenix, regarding the Arizona Department of Child Safety:

"We’re launching DCS: State of Failure because too often, and for far too long, Arizona has failed to protect vulnerable children from abuse, neglect, and danger."
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'DCS: State of Failure' investigative series looks into troubling Arizona child deaths
ABC15 is launching 'DCS: State of Failure' because too often, and for far too long, Arizona has failed to protect vulnerable children from abuse, neglect, and danger.
www.abc15.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Interesting follow-up on the case of the judge who was shot by a sheriff.
nypost.com/2025/08/20/u...
Kentucky judge killed by sheriff ran courthouse like ‘brothel’ — and traded sex for favors at twisted parties: victim
The rural Kentucky judge gunned down in his own chambers last year ran a twisted sex ring where young women were coaxed into performing sexual favors just to get out of trouble, one of the alleged …
nypost.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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My version of art. Fetch me my long sword ~
Dizzy the Bard's hand holding up an embroidered patch of Ruth Bader Ginsburg holding a shotgun, accompanied by the words "Ruth Bader Mossberg".
August 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Chicago officer files lawsuit against Tempe over arrest for alleged squealing of tires
A Chicago police officer has filed a lawsuit, alleging that his arrest was “unlawful” after he was taken to jail for allegedly squealing his tires.
www.abc15.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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"Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell and other top prosecutors will be subpoenaed to testify in a special evidentiary hearing to determine whether charges against dozens of pro-Palestine protesters were retaliatory."
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Will the Maricopa County Attorney be forced to testify in protest case evidentiary hearing?
MCAO's Rachel Mitchell and other top prosecutors will be subpoenaed to testify in a special evidentiary hearing to determine whether charges against pro-Palestine protesters were retaliatory.
www.abc15.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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"A former Tempe police commander alleges the city manager was using police resources to track people who are homeless and at least two community advocates, in a letter sent to state authorities."
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Former Tempe cop accuses city of misusing police data to track homeless, advocates
A former Tempe police commander alleges the city manager was using police resources to track people who are homeless and at least two community advocates.
www.abc15.com
August 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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"Well, there's always going to be a few bad apples."
antifaoperative.bsky.social Beks @antifaoperative.bsky.social · Aug 14
Ohio police officer Eric Gregory has been sentenced to 18-19.5 years in prison for placing hidden cameras in his home to record nude children.
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August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Cops lie. Avoid them.

"Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then falsely reported it as a Taser discharge."
www.cnn.com/2025/08/09/u...
Louisiana to pay $9 million to a man who was shot in the back by state trooper during traffic stop | CNN
Louisiana authorities have agreed to pay $9 million to a man who was partially paralyzed from the waist down after a trooper shot him in the back during a 2018 traffic stop in Baton Rouge and then fal...
www.cnn.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Cops lie.

"For more than three years, officials tried to prosecute her for the tragic death of Officer Paul Rutherford, with police and prosecutors withholding key video evidence and using misleading and biased testimony to obtain a negligent homicide charge."
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Phoenix pulls out of settlement with woman wrongly charged for officer’s accidental death
Phoenix’s outside attorneys filed for a stay in the lawsuit because they had reached a tentative settlement and just needed final approval. It now appears Phoenix has pulled out of the agreement.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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In my comments below, you can learn about two people who both were shot by police using "less lethal" rounds, who both lost an eye. Their names are Linda Tirado and Scott Olsen.
August 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Keep children away from cops.

#ACAB 🖕
antifaoperative.bsky.social Beks @antifaoperative.bsky.social · Jul 3
There were 29 law enforcement officers who were arrested, pled guilty and/or were sentenced to prison for child sex crimes in the month of June.
August 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Unless you're a cop, cops are not your friends.

#ACAB 🖕
August 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Many cops are selfish pricks, and almost all of the rest of them have no interest in doing anything about them.

Ask any attorney if they trust cops. They'll tell you they avoid them, and you should too.
August 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM