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Former Mesa High athletic director David Klecka is suing the City of Mesa for $75,000, claiming a flawed police report destroyed his career after a February 2025 soccer game brawl allegedly involving a gun. He insists he wasn’t the one who failed to report — security and the principal alerted authorities that night, and an officer’s email confirms it. But a later police report contradicts that timeline, sparking his legal claim. Despite being cleared by state education officials and a Mesa prosecutor, Klecka hasn’t landed a single job since losing his position and says city police ignored his attempts to resolve this directly. With two months to respond, the city faces its first legal challenge in what could become a high-profile education vs. law enforcement showdown.

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