Just months after paying a $6 million settlement to protesters falsely charged as gang members, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office is again being accused of engaging in “politically-motivated prosecutions” against demonstrators, according to a newly filed court motion.
The unique motion, which doubles as a motion to dismiss and a request for an evidentiary hearing under Arizona’s Anti-SLAPP law, was filed by attorneys for a pro-Palestine protester arrested on the Arizona State University campus last year.
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