Police violence victims speak out at Phoenix news conference after release of DOJ report

The Rev. Jarrett Maupin speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference on June 14, 2024, in Phoenix, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Dravon Ames, who had a gun pointed at him by Phoenix police in 2019 after a 4-year-old girl under his care took a doll from a store, speaks as violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix on June 14, 2024, after the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Robert McWhirter speaks at his law office in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, as police violence victims hold a news conference following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

The Rev. Jarrett Maupin speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Callie Stigler sheds a tear during a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, as she talks about her sister Cassidy who was found dead in a county jail a day after two Phoenix officers arrested her for what they believed was a blue fentanyl pill.

Dravon Ames, who had a gun pointed at him by Phoenix police in 2019 after a 4-year-old girl under his care took a doll from a store, speaks as violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, after the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Lawyer Sandra Slaton speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

The Rev. Jarrett Maupin speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Dravon Ames, who had a gun pointed at him by Phoenix police in 2019 after a 4-year-old girl under his care took a doll from a store, speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Callie Stigler sheds a tear during a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, as she talks about her sister Cassidy who was found dead in a county jail a day after two Phoenix officers arrested her for what they believed was a blue fentanyl pill.

Children listen to their parents as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Sharon Thomas-Bradley cries at a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, after a DOJ report on Phoenix police. “Just the fact of us being human, the color of our skin; we all bleed the same blood. What they are doing to us is just wrong,” Thomas-Bradley said.

Katt McKinney speaks as police violence victims hold a news conference in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Robert McWhirter speaks at his law office in Phoenix, on June 14, 2024, as police violence victims hold a news conference following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.

Sharon Thomas-Bradley cries as she listens to victims' stories during a news conference in Phoenix on June 14, 2024, following the DOJ report on the Phoenix Police Department.