The Daily Populous

Sunday March 22nd, 2026 evening edition

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Police Department will not discipline any officers for their roles in a massive city scandal where officials invented a fake gang and then falsely charged protesters as members back in 2020.

In a press release, the department wrote that six officers were internally investigated with Chief Matt Giordano ultimately determining that three violated policy.

Politically Charged: Officials create ‘fictional’ gang to punish Phoenix protesters.

However, sources tell ABC15 all three officers who violated policy are now retired and can’t be disciplined.

In the days after the arrest, Phoenix officers and county prosecutors colluded to invent a gang and then falsely charge the protesters as members.

The city and county stood by the charges until February 2021, when ABC15 launched its “Politically Charged” investigation.

A large collection of the falsely charged protesters also joined to file a lawsuit against the City of Phoenix and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. »

Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64%, offering hope for at-risk species

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The population of monarch butterflies in Mexico increased 64% this winter, compared with the same period in 2025, offering a glimmer of hope for an insect considered at risk of extinction.

“The monarch butterfly is the symbol of the trilateral relationship between Mexico, the United States and Canada,” Mexican environment minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra said at a news conference on Tuesday.

“This means that the forests that represent the fundamental habitat for the monarch butterfly’s hibernation are being protected and conserved. »

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Arkansas restaurant told her to leave

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A restaurant in Little Rock, Arkansas, found itself in the middle of controversy after the state's Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was asked to leave the establishment.

The incident at The Croissanterie was not the only occasion where Sanders had been asked to leave a restaurant.

Stephanie Wilkinson, the co-owner of the Red Hen, said in a Washington Post op-ed that she was harassed after asking Sanders to leave her establishment. »