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PHOENIX — Dozens of police protesters falsely charged by officers and prosecutors have filed three new legal claims against the City of Phoenix and Maricopa County Attorney’s Office officials.

The notice of claims, which are settlement demands required before lawsuits can be filed, were served on Monday.

Attorneys for the protesters allege further collusion between Phoenix police and county prosecutors to falsely charge demonstrators in multiple 2020 cases.

The claims also include collections of never-before-seen text messages and emails that further connect top officials and a politician in the push to falsely charge protesters as gang members.

Some examples:

• County Attorney Allister Adel was directly involved in responding to news inquires following a grand jury indictment. Adel has repeatedly blamed subordinates for the false gang charges and has claimed she was not involved in the decision.
• Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio texted an MCAO executive the day after the gang charges were dropped to ask what was needed to re-file the charges.
• MCAO executives created a “Riot Tracker” spreadsheet to keep tabs on protest cases throughout 2020 even though most of the people tracked in the document were not facing riot charges.

Officials for MCAO and Phoenix PD did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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