In 2021, months before the Justice Department came to town, Phoenix police were doing security for city workers cleaning an infamous part of downtown called “The Zone,” which held a homeless encampment.
Body camera footage shows a man recording cellphone video of officers as they arrest someone.
A sergeant walks over and tells him to get off the sidewalk and keep going. The man replies that he’s allowed to stand where he is. Then the sergeant asks for the man’s identification. He replies that he doesn’t have any…