Dozens of people showed up at Columbus City Council Monday night, demanding the city drop the charges against the 36 protestors arrested at Ohio State last week.
Many of the protesters blamed Columbus police for the arrests, but city officials made it clear that their officers were not part of it.Monday night demanding the members help getting the charges dropped against the 36 people who were arrested last Thursday on Ohio State’s campus. The council allowed three people to speak during the meeting.
Those who were arrested at Ohio State last Thursday said they gathered at the campus oval to pray. Students have been holding protests on campus for several months in support of Palestine, calling on the university to divest its ties with Israel. "The Columbus Division of Police did not make any arrests on April 25,” Public Safety Director Kate McSweeney-Pishotti said.
"They proceeded to pick me up by both my hair and my neck and slam my head into the ground and hold me, before dragging me through the grass of my oval,” said Dalal Shalash.The council members listened to each one speak for part of their allotted time before Council President Shannon Hardin addressed the group.Columbus City Attorney Zach Klein’s office determines what charges will be filed. On Monday, the arraignments were continued until June 14.
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