(Kron)-Prosecutors announced on Thursday that a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are facing a possible prison.
Twelve convincing adults, between 19 and 32, participated in the process of building campus on June 5, 2024 and caused more than half a million dollars damage. This week, the Santa Clara Prosecutor’s Office accused 12 alleged demonstrators of sabotaging a felony and crime conspiracy.
“The opposition is American. Sabotage is a criminal,” said provincial lawyer Jeff Rosen.
Rosen said: “There is a bright line between clarifying a point and committing a crime. These defendants crossed the line to criminally when they stormed these offices, trembled themselves at home, and started a calculated destruction plan.”
If convicted, they will face prison and pay fines to recover. The group will be called in later this month in the Justice Hall in San Jose.
On June 5, 2024, pro -Palestinian demonstrators stormed the 10th building and the office of the former head of Stanford, Richard Salar. The group sprayed the fake blood around it and broke the windows, furniture and security cameras.
DA office wrote, “On June 5, 2024, the protests began outside the closed building 10 on the Stanford campus. Some individuals sprayed the building, while someone destroyed a window. Before covering the cameras, many suspects in the portable equipment in the 10 building and entrances to the entrances using stairs, furniture, and furniture were registered.
University officials said that a public safety officer in Stanford was paid and wounded by the demonstrators.
Once the building entered, the demonstrators began recording videos of social media, which included a series of demands related to the Israeli war-they are in Gaza.
The demonstrators said they refused to leave the office of Saleyer until the Stanford Board of Trustees took measures to address “their role in enabling the continuous genocide in Gaza.”
Prosecutors wrote that the construction occupiers carried out their plan in a very organized and coordination style. ”
The multiple mobile phones that seized from the group contain encrypted text messages and links to detailed operational plans. Communications indicated that the suspects met on multiple occasions, a few days ago, to conspire to seize the building.
Communication included the “profession guide”, which stated, “occupying an area that removes the area from the capitalist scene. The group may decide that it is better to destroy or sabotage an area instead of returning it to its usual role in good condition.” Back portfolios for protesters contain food and tools such as electric mills, hammers, wooden, panels, glasses and cables.
Ultimately, 13 people were arrested by Santa Clara Sharif province. One of the 13 detainees and the student and daily correspondent of Stanford Dylan Gohale was cleared of any criminal responsibility.
“This office supports the free press and admits that the law gives correspondents cross -lines to take their functions to keep the audience with knowledge,” Rosen said in March. “We have no evidence that this student did anything else other than covering this event as a journalist.”
The first amendment alliance wrote in a letter to Stanford officials, “In this critical turn in the history of our nation, the defense of the freedoms of the press is more important than ever.”
Prosecutors confirmed on Thursday that the student, who did not integrate with the demonstrators but did not participate in sabotage, was not charged.
After the June protest, Stanford officials told Kron4 that the detained students will be suspended, and none of the elderly will be allowed to graduate.
“We are stunned because our students have chosen to take this measure and we will work with law enforcement to ensure the full consequences of the law. We have constantly emphasized the need for constructive participation and peaceful protest when there is a dispute in opinions. This was not a peaceful protest.”