Phoenix police ignored problems with charging BLM protesters as gang members, report says

Phoenix police had “no credible evidence” to charge protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally as members of a criminal street gang, and police commanders were aware there was “a lack of merit” to the charges, according to a 52-page independent report ordered by Phoenix City Manager Ed Zuercher.

“Law enforcement ignored the obvious problems with the information it received,” according to the report, by the Phoenix law firm of Ballard Spahr.

Fallout from the report was swift.