The arrested students continue to call on the university to stop paying for weapons that are killing Palestinians.
Mousa Najjar, one of the arrested students, said the press conference was held at nearby Point North Park because he and others are no longer allowed on campus.We're in the midst of our summer membership campaign, and we have until August 25 to raise $5,500. Your contributions are an investment in our election coverage – they help sustain our newsroom, help us plan, and could lead to an increase in freelance writers or photographers.
The university said in a statement that it couldn't comment on student or faculty disciplinary proceedings. However, the school said students were arrested for criminal trespass, not protesting, and that demonstrations have been held on campus before and after May 1 without incident. As for the other 12 of the 21 arrests made in May, three were faculty and the rest were either alumni or community members. The university's student code of conduct doesn't apply to the alumni or faculty, but they still face criminal trespass charges.The students’ disciplinary hearings began days after Israel launched another attack that struck the southern and central Gaza Strip.
The group’s attorney, Dan Sullivan, believes the whole situation with the arrests and university’s actions is ridiculous. “I think it’s garbage. It’s terrible,” he said. “It sets an awful precedent.” He said what UTD is doing is part of a campaign of repression, but he doesn’t think the criminal charges will stick. “Many of these arrests have already been found to be illegal by courts,” he said.Mousa Najjar was one of the arrested students.
“Rather than working with the students to address our concerns regarding the university’s investments in these companies that are killing our own families," he said,"our administration instead chose to publicly denounce student demands.”
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