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 meant to force the university to cut financial ties to 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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