The DOJ multi-year investigation into the conduct of Phoenix police says officers routinely used excessive force and violated the rights of minorities.
PHOENIX — In 2022, then 44-year-old Jeffery Henderson moved to Arizona from Texas looking for a fresh start in life.
“I moved to Arizona for the opportunities as an electrician and I thought this was a place that I could call home for years to come,” Henderson said.
In June 2022, the Army veteran says he received an unpleasant greeting from Phoenix Police while out for an afternoon drive near 19th and Dunlap avenues. The experience is one his attorney shared with the United States Department of Justice, and as a 34-month investigation into the conduct of the Phoenix Police Department found, not an uncommon experience.
Henderson said he was driving east on Dunlap Avenue when a Phoenix officer pulled up beside him.
“He approached me at a very high …