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The father of Ryan Whitaker, the man killed by Phoenix Police in 2020, remains critical of the department years later. He says he has no hope the DOJ's probe into the department will reform how things are run there.
A Phoenix police officer who killed Ryan Whitaker at his apartment door in 2020 was reinstated Thursday after the department attempted to fire him.
The investigation by the county attorney's office could also find no wrongdoing on the part of Whitaker. But neither did Cooke do anything unreasonable, especially given only seconds to make a decision, Adel said in a statement. "Mr. Whitaker is dead and he shouldn’t be," she said. "Likewise, the officers appropriately responded to a call of an active situation of domestic violence." On the evening of May 21 last year, Whitaker was in his apartment in Ahwatukee with his girlfriend. A neighbor above him heard what he thought was an "argument between a man and woman" in the unit below, and c...
Maricopa County attorney won't file charges against officer accused of shooting Ryan Whitaker By FOX 10 Staff Ryan Whitaker, 40, was killed at his Ahwatukee home in May 2020. PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Attorney has opted not to file charges in the fatal police shooting of 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker. FOX 10 first reported on the police shooting that killed Whitaker in May 2020 at an apartment near Desert Foothills Parkway and Chandler Boulevard in the Ahwatukee area on May 21. Around 9:30 p.m. that night, a neighbor heard what he believed to be an argument between a man and a woman in th...