#Stanford #Protesters Charged With #Felonies for Pro-#Palestinian #Occupation
Prosecutors filed #felony charges on Thurs against 12 protesters, nearly all with ties to #StanfordUniversity, for breaking into an administration building & occupying it in 2024.
#law #democracy #RightToProtest #dissent #Trump #justice
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/stanford-protesters-palestine-felony.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=9055BF8D-E987-4EE2-BF56-47F25875236F
The charges were among the most severe levied against participants in last year’s pro-#Palestinian #demonstrations on #college campuses. >3k people were arrested at college #protests & encampments in spring 2024, but they generally faced misdemeanor charges or saw their charges dropped.
Jeff Rosen, the DA for Santa Clara County, which includes the #Stanford campus, charged 12 protesters w/ #felony #vandalism & felony #conspiracy to #trespass.
They face up to 3 years & 8 months in prison, as well as the payment of restitution to reimburse the #university for the damage.
#Stanford is one of dozens of schools being investigated by the #Trump admin for how they have handled pro-#Palestinian protests & whether they have done enough to combat antisemitism on campus. The admin has also revoked the #visas of several Stanford #students & recent graduates, though the reason is unclear.
DA Rosen said that #Trump’s intense focus on #Stanford & other #universities played no role in the decision to charge the #crimes as #felonies.😜
“What the federal administration is doing is what they’re doing. What I’m doing is applying the California Penal Code,” Rosen said.
The felon hates universities and he hates California.
>> The felon hates universities and he hates #California.
That is true.
But the #campusProtesters broke into an administration building and occupied it. There's a time, place, and manner for protests, and they violated those rules.
The #Trump administration is harsh on them, but it is still sort of #karmicJustice, or #FAFO, because their protests played a role in depriving #KamalaHarris of a victory and in re-electing Trump.
⬆️ @theothersimo
>> if #Harris felt that her position as VP prevented her from criticizing her boss’s role in #genocide then she needed to resign.
No, you need to stop spreading disinfo. #KamalaHarris supported a #TwoStateSolution that #Trump will never support, even though many european nations already do, and #France is on the cusp of doing so.
Protesters who spoke for #Palestinians #inTheirName have hurt the #Palestinian cause more than anybody by reelecting Trump
>> Blaming voters is counterproductive and evil…
Yes it is. And so is distorting what someone is saying.
>> One single anti-genocide speaker at the Democratic Convention would have prevented this, but that was too much to ask.
You support #Hamas. Your premise and conclusion are both false.
#US has treaty obligations to come to the defense of an ally attacked by rockets launched by terrorists, and no single speaker at a convention could change that
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