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A special agent overlooks the Shiprock land formation on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The reservation, the largest in the country, is one of about 200 federally recognized Indian reservations where the FBI has investigative responsibilities.

Navajo Nation president asks for leniency for federal death row inmate

Lezmond Mitchell is the sole Native American under a federal death sentence in the United States.

Crimes in Tucson, Phoenix fell in second quarter, as COVID-19 took hold

While property crimes fell, both cities saw an increase in aggravated assaults.

Candles encircle an image of Carlos Ingram-Lopez with his fiancé at the El Tiridito shrine.

Family of man who died in Tucson police custody seeking $19M in damages

The family is seeking $10 million from the city of Tucson and $3 million from each of the responding officers.

A photo accompanying a media release from No More Deaths saying Border Patrol on Friday, July 31 raided a camp where the group was providing aid.

Multiple arrests in Border Patrol raid on migrant aid camp, second this week

Agency entered a medical aid camp run by the humanitarian group No More Deaths on Friday, executing a federal warrant.

No More Deaths said since 2004, Byrd Camp has provided aid to migrants crossing through the desert and usually operates without incident. But on the morning of July 30, the group says Border Patrol agents entered the property to arrest a migrant receiving care there. Agents on horseback, in cars and on foot continued to surveil the area surrounding the camp into Friday evening.

Border Patrol agents raid No More Deaths migrant aid camp

The group says the event is the first of its kind in over a year.

Screenshot of Tucson Mayor and City Council July 21, 2020 as they approved the 2020/2021 city budget.

Tucson mayor and City Council approve city budget, leaving police funding nearly flat

During the public hearing the majority of the speakers asked the council to defund the police and use the money for social services.

A protester approaches a line of police officers in downtown Phoenix on Sunday, May 31, before the imposition of a statewide curfew to rein in protests over police violence.

Arizona police get millions in military surplus

A Defense Department program allows local law enforcement to get everything from office supplies to guns for free.

The sign at the downtown Tucson Police Department station, South Stone Avenue.

TPD releases reports for four in-custody deaths

The reports include a second death this year and three more in the last decade.

Tucson repeals controversial ordinance on police crime scenes

Groups like the ACLU opposed the rule, which was widely criticized as an attempt to prevent the recording of police.

Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, at a June 24, 2020 media briefing.

TPD forms board to review 'critical' incidents

The new board will review the events that lead to the death of Carlos Ingram-Lopez in Tucson police custody in April.

Demonstrators hold signs against police brutality and violence during the Black Lives Matter Tucson: Celebration of Black Lives on the University of Arizona campus on June 6, 2020.

Tucson advocates say there's still time to push for police defunding in city budget

Black Lives Matter Tucson is urging community members to speak up at this week's City Council meeting.

Protesters stand in front of a Tucson Police Department precinct in downtown Tucson on June 25, 2020.

Discussions around the call to 'defund the police'

The death of a man in TPD custody amid nationwide protests over racially based police violence has led to more conversations about what policing should look like.

Tucson Police will disclose in-custody deaths immediately, Magnus says

The department will also release bodycam footage within 72 hours.

Community members and family of Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez light candles in his memory at the El Tiradito shrine on June 25, 2020.

Community, family members hold vigil for man who died in Tucson police custody

Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez, 27, died at his grandmother's house in April.

Mayor Regina Romero and Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus at a June 24 press conference.

Mayor Romero says changes needed at TPD

The mayor defends the police chief and looks for changes, in this extended AZPM interview.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich in Phoenix, January 2019.

Arizona attorney general praises SCOTUS asylum decision

Brnovich said the ruling impacting the quick deportation of asylum seekers prevents a backlog in the immigration system.

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