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June 17, 2019

Outrage & Apologies After Video Shows Arizona Police Pointing Guns and Yelling at Black Family
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And in Arizona, Phoenix's mayor and police chief have both apologized
after a video was released showing officers pointing guns and yelling at
a black family outside a Family Dollar store, after they say a
4-year-old girl took a doll from the store. The video caused widespread
outrage over the weekend. The officers say they were responding to a
report of shoplifting when they drew their firearms and started
screaming orders, using profane language, at a father, a pregnant woman
carrying a baby, and the young girl, who left the store with a doll
which was unpaid for.

Police officer: "Get out of the [bleep] car!"

Father: "OK. I'm not doing anything."

Witness 1: "You recording it?"

Witness 2: "Yeah, I'm recording it."

Police officer: "Put your hands up."

Pregnant mother: "I don't have nothing, officer."

Police officer: "I don't give a [bleep]. Put your hands up! Hands up."

Pregnant mother: "I can't put my hands up. I have a [bleep] baby in my
hands. I can't. I'm pregnant."

The woman can be heard saying she is unable to hold her hands up because
she is holding a child, and that she is pregnant. The parents say the
police officers violated their civil rights, and are filing a $10
million lawsuit.


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