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Phoenix Regional Police Academy recruits from multiple departments were shown video of a protester being hit in the groin along with the ...

ABC15’s investigation discovered that city officers colluded with county prosecutors to invent a fictional gang and falsely charge protesters as members. But Ballard Spahr’s final report did not include any details about the image being shown to an academy class. There is also no indication such a coin was used for any public or official purpose on the Department’s behalf.” In its “Politically Charged” series of reports last year, ABC15 publicly exposed the existence of challenge coins that celebrated when a protester was shot in the groin on August 22, 2017. The station confirmed the person was present during training for academy class #507, which had recruits from ten departments and graduated in February 2018. It was not only a justified use of force but a celebrated use of force.