Phoenix police officers Antonio Felix and Luis Vasquez were fired and arrested on charges including aggravated assault and kidnapping after beating and Tasering a couple during an unreported traffic stop earlier this month. Police Chief Matt Giordano announced the arrests at a news conference. A Tempe officer who responded wrote in a report that he believed the couple were victims of an attempted carjacking by people impersonating police officers.
The New York Times sample provides only a brief summary sentence covering the core facts (officers fired and arrested, beating and Tasering a couple during an unreported traffic stop) without additional detail or interpretive framing.
No centrist outlet in our set has published this story.
The Washington Times runs the same AP-style wire report as the LR outlet, providing identical detailed, neutral factual coverage with no distinct ideological framing.