PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Community groups came together Wednesday to highlight the recent spike in Phoenix police officer-involved shootings under the new police chief and to call for change. Poder In Action , BLM PHX Metro , Mass Liberation AZ and Semillas said the changes Phoenix Police Chief Matt Giordano promised in response to the shootings don’t go far enough.

Since Giordano took office on Aug. 11 , Arizona’s Family Investigates has found there have been nine police shootings. Six men died in those incidents.

Demographics and circumstances of recent cases

Arizona’s Family Investigates took a closer look at those nine cases. In five incidents, the person was armed with a knife or machete, three had guns, and one was unarmed. Of those shot, six were minorities and three were

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