Feds charge 8 pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate U of Michigan officials
Prosecutors say the 63-page indictment alleges threats, vandalism and witness intimidation aimed at forcing the university to cut ties with Israel.
- On Wednesday, federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment against eight individuals accused of conspiring to intimidate University of Michigan officials, police, and businesses through a criminal campaign designed to force the university to sever financial ties with Israel.
- Protesters launched this campaign to demand the university divest from companies with ties to Israel, though the school maintains it has no direct investments and less than $15 million in funds that might include such companies.
- According to the indictment, defendants used social media to coordinate vandalism, including throwing noxious chemicals and marking victims with threatening symbols used by Hamas, such as red inverted triangles and red handprints.
- Federal Magistrate Judge Anthony Patti ordered the defendants held until a Friday detention hearing, while FBI Special Agent Jennifer Runyan stated, "No one has the right to threaten, intimidate, and coerce public officials."
- Prior incidents linked to the campaign include vandalism at the home of former University of Michigan President Santa Ono and the law firm of Regent Jordan Acker, establishing a pattern of alleged intimidation.
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They Committed Crimes Against University Officials to Force Them to Break Ties with Israel
The Department of Justice, Eastern District of Michigan, indicted eight conspirators, who threatened University of Michigan leaders, law enforcement, and businesses, including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit. The plan was to commit crimes against them until they broke all ties with Israel. The university officials refused. After they refused, they spray-painted threats, broke windows, threw glass jars filled with noxious chemicals …
Feds charge 8 pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate U of Michigan officials
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight pro-Palestinian activists who are accused of conspiring to run a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials while trying to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel.
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DETROIT — Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against eight people linked to the University of Michigan accused of orchestrating plans to threaten university leaders, police and businesses with a wave of crimes designed to force the university to sever…
DOJ indicts 8 pro-Palestinian activists over alleged threats tied to U-M divestment push • Michigan Advance
A group of pro-Palestinian activists associated with the University of Michigan have been indicted for allegedly transmitting threats to school leaders, law enforcement officials and businesses in what the U.S. Department of Justice called a coordinated effort to convince the university to divest from Israel.
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