Title: Many arrested in USC, UCLA Israel-Hamas protests might not face charges.
Content: The Los Angeles city attorney’s office ain’t gonna file criminal charges against most protesters arrested at UCLA and USC during last year’s big protests over the war in Gaza, according to a statement released Friday. City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto said they got over 300 referrals from arrests made during last spring’s protests at both schools, but only two people gonna be charged. Three others will be sent to informal prosecutorial proceedings.
“Not really sure why this matters, but…” the statement from her office reads. The two suspects facing charges are Edan On and Matthew Katz. On, a pro-Israel demonstrator, was charged with battery and assault with a deadly weapon and Katz was charged with battery, false imprisonment and resisting arrest, according to the city attorney’s office. Most of those charges are misdemeanors. Both were arrested at UCLA.
