Maricopa County Attorney s Office held high-level meetings before protest gang charges
In the days before a group of demonstrators were arrested and charged as a criminal street gang, county prosecutors held multiple meetings with police, intelligence officers, and terrorism investigators to discuss police protest cases, according to internal calendar entries obtained by ABC15.
and last updated 2021-04-10 01:39:09-04
In the days before a group of demonstrators were arrested and charged as a criminal street gang, Maricopa County prosecutors held multiple high-level meetings with police departments, intelligence officers, and terrorism investigators to discuss police protest cases, according to internal calendar entries obtained by ABC15.
Member of Chicago 7 compares Phoenix protest arrests to 1968 incident
A member of the Chicago 7 compares Phoenix protest arrests to the 1968 incident.
and last updated 2021-03-09 21:41:04-05
PHOENIX â Yes, itâs cliche, but Lee Weiner sees history repeating itself.
âThe mobilization of government power on the streets and in the courts is designed to take over your life and be threatening, (to take over) your capacity, your willingness, your time to do anything else,â Weiner told ABC15. âThey want to demonstrate that they control you, they control the streets, they control your life.â
Weiner was one of seven community activists who were arrested and prosecuted on federal conspiracy to riot charges by the Nixon administration following protests near the1968 Democratic National Convention.
Maricopa County attorney won t file charges against officer accused of shooting Ryan Whitaker
By FOX 10 Staff
Ryan Whitaker, 40, was killed at his Ahwatukee home in May 2020.
PHOENIX - The Maricopa County Attorney has opted not to file charges in the fatal police shooting of 40-year-old Ryan Whitaker.
FOX 10 first reported on the police shooting that killed Whitaker in May 2020 at an apartment near Desert Foothills Parkway and Chandler Boulevard in the Ahwatukee area on May 21.
Around 9:30 p.m. that night, a neighbor heard what he believed to be an argument between a man and a woman in the apartment below and called 911 to report a domestic dispute.