Phoenix major apologizes after US police threaten to shoot black family

The mayor of the US city of Phoenix has apologised after a video allegedly showing police threatening to shoot a black family went viral.

Officers were responding to an alleged shoplifting incident last month when the video was recorded.

The parents claimed they did not notice that their four-year-old daughter had taken a doll from a dollar store.

Mayor Kate Gallego said the officers’ actions were completely inappropriate and clearly unprofessional.

In the video, officers can be seen shouting at the family to get out of their vehicle before threatening to shoot them.

Mayor Gallego said that the city was speeding up the implementation of body-worn cameras and a community meeting about the incident will also be held on Tuesday.