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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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Poder in Action and Mass Liberation AZ on the Ballard Spahr Investigation

On August 12, 2021, Ballard Spahr, the law firm hired in February by the City of Phoenix to investigate the Phoenix Police Department’s actions during the 2020 protests, released two separate reports with the results of their investigation into the filing of criminal street gang charges on protesters and the creation and distribution of a neo-Nazi challenge coin.

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DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department Already Missed the Mark

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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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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Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has no excuse for failing to drop all remaining protest charges

Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has no excuse for failing to drop all remaining protest charges On March 9, 2021, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office released a statement stating she will dismiss charges in all August 9, 2020 Black Lives Matter protest cases, as well as 2 more cases from the October 3, 2020 protests. This comes

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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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