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On May 15, 2024, a crackdown on a pro-Palestine encampment at University of California, Irvine resulted in an occupation of the UC Irvine Science Building by the protesters.[1] UCI police put out a mutual aid call and received a response from at least 16 law enforcement agencies from around Orange County.[2] Hundreds of officers responded and forty-seven protesters, including students, UCI employees and others were arrested. Student participants were suspended for up to 14 days.[3][4][5][6]
On July 30, five UC Irvine students sued the UC Regents and Chancellor for suspending them without due process.[8][9]
On September 18, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer filed misdemeanor charges against ten protesters, which included four students and two faculty members: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, an associate professor of global and international studies, and a lecturer in the school of humanities. [10] A month later, Spitzer filed misdemeanor charges against 39 additional protestors.[11]
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