The City of Phoenix and police Officer Mark Rine are getting sued in federal court for the death of Rumain Brisbon, a 34-year-old unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Rine on December 2, 2014. The plaintiffs include Mykel Chambers, mother of one of Brisbon’s three daughters and the…
Since my year-old public records requests to the MCSO regarding Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s costly Seattle snipe hunt continue to be unfulfilled, I’ve decided to periodically release information I’ve collected regarding the sheriff’s flunkies involved in the operation. As confirmed by both Arpaio and his Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan, the MCSO…
A Phoenix woman is accused of faking cancer so she could get a taxpayer-funded, late-term abortion, authorities say. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office just filed several felony charges against the woman, who got the abortion more than five years ago. According to the AG’s office, she was found out after…
My most beloved niece married a boy of Mexican extraction. I am very fond of him, but he and his family hold us all at arm’s length. It’s very difficult to get close and has made me back off. My niece has told me that his mother “doesn’t like white…
Why do white people love Marco Rubio and cry at his speeches? Rubio was in my town selling his vision for America mierda to his gabacho constituency, and they drank it up like Tía’s fresh jamaica. They laughed, they cried, they wondered why we Mexicans can’t get behind the Great…
Thomas Michael Murphy, a Phoenix resident and U.S. Army veteran, took his own in the parking lot outside the VA Phoenix Regional Benefit Office. Murphy, 53, e-mailed a suicide note to his siblings and New Times at 7:34 p.m. Sunday and shot himself a few minutes later. The same note…
An 18-year-old student at Tempe’s Corona Del Sol High School shot and killed himself on the school campus this morning, police say. Police identified the student as Marcus Wheeler. “After the incident, the lockdown remained in place to allow investigators to keep the scene secure,” Tempe police spokeswoman Molly Enright…
Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego is getting significant pushback from some Republicans over Gallego’s proposal to let “dreamers” serve in the military. Gallego offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, encouraging the Department of Defense to allow people to serve if they’ve been granted deportation relief under the Deferred…
Hold on to your shorts, folks, because we’re gettin’ a new website. The new PhoenixNewTimes.com will be live around midday Tuesday…
The Tempe Police Department is sticking by its decision to keep secret the names of two undercover officers involved in the fatal 2013 shooting of a medical-marijuana dealer. Arizona State University, meanwhile, continues to hide the involvement of a campus police officer who was key to the investigation that led…
The majority of Maricopa County voters have an unfavorable view of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, according to a new poll. Public Policy Polling found that only 38 percent of county voters have a favorable view of Arpaio, compared with 53 percent who have an unfavorable view of him. “It’s hard to…
The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced its intention to study the impact airplane noise has on communities around the country. You might think this would be cause for celebration in Phoenix because hundreds of households are suffering from noise associated with the flight paths changes made last year at Sky…
One of the most shocking claims from the Reverend Jarrett Maupin’s news conference this week was that a college instructor was forced to work for many hours each day without a bathroom break. Gena Radabaugh, an ex-associate instructor of cosmetology at the Maricopa Skill Center at 1245 East Buckeye Road…
In light of a court decision this week that allows Maricopa County’s community colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to certain immigrants that have been granted relief from deportation, the state’s public universities are following suit. The Arizona Board of Regents yesterday voted to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
New Times art director Peter M. Storch and his team received five awards, including three first places in the Arizona Press Club’s annual journalism contest, which recognized outstanding work from 2014. In addition, Storch was named second runner-up for Designer of the Year. The paper also took top honors in…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we analyze various symbols on…
Charges have been reinstated against the owners of a Gilbert dog-boarding facility where more than 20 dogs died last year. However, the son and daughter-in-law of U.S. Senator Jeff Flake — the caretakers of the facility at the time the air conditioning went out and led to the dogs’ deaths…
The first poll in Arizona for 2016 presidential candidates shows Hillary Clinton as the choice of Democrats, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker as the leading choice of Republicans. Clinton’s lead at this point is fairly clear, as the choice of 58 percent of Arizonans, according to Public Policy Polling. Vermont…
I work with mostly young, progressive, educated white folks at an institution of higher education in Southern California. The other day, I mentioned buying a shirt that reads “Illegal immigration started in 1492.” We had a good laugh and my co-worker, whom I like a lot, said that it actually…
Roger Garfield, who shot a homeless man to death in his antiques store in 2006, has completed his prison sentence following two convictions and a labyrinthine legal case. Garfield called us Tuesday to let us know our article last year about his plea deal erroneously stated he’d be in prison…
On a cool winter evening in 2013, dozens of cheerleaders gathered in an old recreation hall near downtown Mesa for the East Valley’s regional Special Olympics competition. With some time to spare before the official event, Tempe’s team hustles into a side room with fluorescent lights and worn blue carpet…
Civil rights leader Jarrett Maupin and 13 “female abuse victims” will hold a press conference today alleging racism and misogyny at the Maricopa County Community College District. In a breathless news release issued this morning, Maupin writes of college teachers prohibited from taking bathroom breaks, rampant sexual harassment and victims…
