Mass Liberation AZ

Press Release

Department of Justice Refuses to Commit to Phoenix Community

On the last day of Black August, in solidarity with 163 community members who were politically targeted by the Phoenix Police Department and politically prosecuted by Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (MCAO) during last year’s protests for Black lives, Mass Liberation AZ and Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro directly issued the following demands to the Department of Justice…

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Coalition of Civil Rights Groups and Activists to Hold Press Conference Outside U.S. Penitentiary in Tucson to Demand Transfer and Exoneration of Civil Rights Icon Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Mass Liberation, Black Lives Matter (BLM) Phoenix Metro, The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ), Students for Imam Jamil and 13 other local, national, community, and student social justice organizations, plan to host the Free Imam Jamil Press Conference and Protest.

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Drop the Charges MCAO

Press conference with attorneys and protesters to discuss MCAO’s permanent dismissal of protest charges

After months of public pressure, and a scathing ruling from Judge Jennifer Ryan-Touhill, prosecutor Ryan Green, filed a motion with the court to dismiss the cases with prejudice. In her ruling, Judge Ryan-Touhill outright names collusion between PPD officer Doug McBride and MCAO prosecutor April Sponsel; a fact MCAO does not deny.

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Community members demand City Council defund Phoenix Police and pressure MCAO to drop all charges

In addition to public comments, Mass Liberation AZ alongside community organizations such as Black Lives Matter – Phoenix Metro, Poder in Action, and the People’s Law Firm, will be submitting nine citizen petitions demanding the City enact resolutions to hold the Phoenix Police Department and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office accountable for their actions.

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So-called Phoenix Police Department Street Gang “Expert” Leads Actual Neo-Nazi Gang

On Friday night, ABC15’s new investigative series, “Politically Charged”, explored how Phoenix Police officers issued a commemorative “challenge coin” to celebrate the violent 2017 shooting of an Anti-Trump protester in the groin. Earlier Saturday, a Twitter user, pointed out that the symbol (indicia) on the coin actually has neo-Nazi ties.

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Press Conference Demanding Maricopa County Attorney Drop all False Charges and #FreePercy

Press conference demanding that Phoenix Police Department and Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel immediately drop charges against Lee “Percy” Christian, discipline and fire officers like Lt. Ben Moore who are hunting and targeting protestors, and end the political prosecution of community members who are standing up to police violence.

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