Phoenix City Manager Jeff Barton will travel to Washington, D.C. on Friday to begin negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, more than three months after the DOJ released its investigation of the city that found routine brutality and discrimination.
Barton will be joined by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays, police Chief Michael Sullivan, City Attorney Julie Kriegh and attorneys from Dentons and Steptoe & Johnson, firms the City Council hired for legal assistance. They will stay in D.C. overnight. The team will not include Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego or any members of the City Council.
It was not immediately clear who from the Justice Department will attend…