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Here's just one from reporter Meg O'Connor three days ago

BLOGGER NOTE:

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT $75-MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF MESA?

It's been 3 years + 10 months since Daniel Shaver was killed!

Mesa Cop Calls People 'Idiots' for Bringing Up Shaver Shooting on Facebook

Meg O'Connor | October 17, 2019 | 9:16am

Philip Brailsford and recent comments on the Mesa Police Department Facebook page

Via social media

"On Saturday, the Mesa Police Department shared a post on Facebook encouraging people to apply to the Mesa Police Academy, but commenters aren't ready to let the department forget what happened to Daniel Shaver, who was killed by a Mesa officer three years ago.
On the post calling for recruits, one person asked whether "making innocent civilians crawl down a hotel hallway" was something that was "taught at the academy?"
In January 2016, Mesa police Officer Philip Brailsford shot and killed the 26-year-old Shaver after barking conflicting commands at the terrified man in a hotel hallway for several minutes. Bodycam footage later released of the Texas visitor begging for his life before he was shot went viral
. . . The Mesa Police Department itself briefly "liked" Flanigan's comment calling people bringing up Shaver's shooting "idiots," but Flanigan's comment has since been deleted. A Twitter account dedicated to calling out instances of alleged police misconduct, Mesa Police Accountability, took a screenshot of the post.
Asked why the Mesa Police Department liked the post, Detective Nik Rasheta, a department spokesperson, told Phoenix New Times it was an accident. . .
The shooting of Daniel Shaver brought national scrutiny to the Mesa Police Department: The Department of Justice is still investigating Shaver's death, and Shaver's family filed a $75 million lawsuit over Brailsford's actions. . . "