"The decision to falsely charge a group of protesters as a criminal street gang was approved and known at the highest levels of the Phoenix Police Department, according to the investigation conducted by an outside law firm.
"The probe found that protest response officers built the case on dubious and non-existent evidence and intentionally tried to 'keep things quiet' to circumvent the normal process of classifying a brand new street gang."
-- Dave Biscobing (DaveBiscobing15), "Phoenix PD chief disciplined, others demoted after probes into gang charges and challenge coin", 2021-08-12
"many 'police reform' consultants will try to tell you that this pattern of corruption is proof that cops need more money for training. but the opposite is true: consistent stuff like this across the U.S. shows that police are highly trained. THIS is what they are trained for..." -- Alec Karakatsanis (equalityAlec), 2021-08-12