Charges dropped against 7 pro-Palestine protesters at University of Michigan

Michigan AG dismisses charges against pro-Palestine protestors at university campus

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday dropped the prosecution of seven individuals charged with trespassing and resisting and / or obstructing a police officer for their conduct related to the police clearing of an encampment at the University of Michigan in May 2024. The seven defendants included Oliver Kozler, Samantha Lewis, Henry MacKeen-Shapiro, Michael Mueller, Asad Siddiqui, Avi Tachna-Fram, and Rhiannon Willow. All seven pleade…

Michigan drops charges against anti-Israel campus protesters

Defense attorney Amir Makled said the attorney general was trying to turn free speech into a crime. By The Associated Press State prosecutors dropped felony charges Monday against seven people accused of trespassing and resisting police a year ago during the break-up of an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Michigan. Attorney General Dana Nessel said she believed the cases were strong but suggested her office was worn down by criticism …

Michigan Dem AG Takes Shocking Turn, Drops Charges Against UM Anti-Israel Protesters

Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against seven University of Michigan students on Monday, a twist that shocked defense attorneys after Nessel had pushed for felony charges against the anti-Israel protesters. The seven students faced misdemeanor charges of trespassing and felony charges of resisting and obstructing police stemming from an anti-Israel protest ...

Michigan attorney general drops charges against University of Michigan Diag protestors

Rhiannon Willow, a PhD student and research assistant in the Physics Department, speaks at TAHRIR Coalition "Call to Action". July 1, 2024. Willow was one of seven people whose charges for trespassing and resisting and/or obstructing a police officer during campus protests were dropped Monday by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday that her office was dr…

Felony charges dropped in University of Michigan anti-Israel protest

Michigan's attorney general dismisses felony cases tied to a pro-Palestinian Arab protest camp cleared from the University of Michigan last year.

A Jewish nonprofit may have accidentally caused Michigan to drop charges against pro-Palestinian activists

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unexpectedly dropped charges against seven pro-Palestinian student protesters, suggesting that an improper statement from a Jewish group motivated her decision.