The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to charge the 55 protesters arrested at Dunn Meadow at Indiana University for their participation in the Israel-Hamas war protests in April.
Dozens of students, staff, and other protesters were charged with criminal trespass between April 25th and 27th, which is when IU administration called in Indiana State Police. The original trespass policy included a one year ban from campus, but that was dropped in some cases and challenged by the ACLU of Indiana in court.
This is the statement released by the prosecutor’s office: “Based upon the facts and circumstances surrounding these arrests, including, among other things, the constitutionally dubious process by which the University passed and enforced its new policy regarding structures in Dunn Meadow, the State is unlikely to be able convict these individuals at trials on the merits.”
The statement is referring to IU’s Dunn Meadow protest policy, which was changed about a day before the protesters arrived. Many critics say the process to change a policy was ignored in favor of silencing the people gathered at Dunn Meadow.
State Police were eventually sent away and an encampment remains on campus over a month later, with small police presence.
Indiana University was just one of several college campus protests against Israel-back college connections that occurred during the month of April.
An anti-Israel protest also blocked roads in front of the governor’s mansion in Indianapolis. Over a dozen people were arrested in that incident.
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I can;t wait until one of these Hamasholes goes after a member of the prosecutors family. Then what would he say. Protesting is one thing and protected by the first amendment. But occupying private property is not protesting it is breaking the law and should be fully prosecuted. We The People of Indiana own those campuses including IU, PU, and several others. Why do we let Hamashole and their ignorant supporters occupy our land. In every such instance where counts have been made no more than 50% of the “protestors” turn out to be students that have some right, under good behavior, to be on campus. One of the ironies of this whole affair is the alphabet people are participating in the protests. Yet they fail to understand that if they were present in Gaza or any other Muslim enclave they would be summarily tossed of the highest building because of their sexual practices.
Where is Todd Rokita to enforce the laws on state property if the local stooge prosecutors refuses because he’s scared of the ACLU.
Commie libs must enforce the “right” to destroy this country. I’m sure there are a lot of job skills being learned in the encampments. No wonder the libs want to abolish student debt; how else could you pay for this crap.
Monroe County prosecutor’s office says “Die Juden sind wieder unseren Ungluck.”
Sprinkler systems with bleach added, it will get their clothes sparkling clean and make them easy to identify. The “protestors” don’t have the rights to prevent the grass from being irrigated. It is doubtful that a bath would hurt these miscreants.