Lillian Cocreham, who settled a $1 million lawsuit with the city after both of her sons were killed by police, said she felt “betrayed and violated.”

In a written statement, Chairman Thomas Galvin said the move was a step toward restoring local control and ending the federal government’s moving goalposts.

The DOJ's three-year civil rights investigation into policing in Phoenix concluded in June with the release of a 126-page report.