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    Phoenix Mayor Apologizes After Police Draw Gun On Family After Child Takes Doll

    by Bobby Allyn Jun 16, 2019 3 minutes

    The mayor of Phoenix is apologizing to the city following recently released video showing police officers pointing their guns and threatening to shoot a 22-year-old father who was with his pregnant fiancée and two young daughters. Police say they were investigating allegations that one of the children had shoplifted a doll from a Family Dollar store.

    Viral of the incident captured by bystanders has already prompted an internal police probe,

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