A pro-Palestinian protester is arrested after being surrounded by LAPD officers during a protest in Alumni Park at University of Southern California in Los Angeles on April 24, 2024. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMattersThe Republican contender for U.S. Senate criticizes USC student encampments as acts of terrorism. Nearly 100 demonstrators were arrested on trespassing charges.Steve Garvey, one of the final two candidates for California’s U.S.
Today, Garvey waded into the debate. Making a rare public appearance after the March 5 primary, he claimed that the protesters supported terrorists, calling the USC protest “terrorism disguised as free speech”even if they sound extremely “menacing” or “threatening,” according to Michelle Deutchman, executive director of the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement at the University of California.
Garvey said he would support charging protesters with terrorism if the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office decided to do so. When asked if the office plans to bring those charges, spokesperson Venusse Dunn said: “When law enforcement presents a case to our office, we apply the law to the facts of each case and determine what charges, if any, are appropriate.”
The former L.A. Dodgers star has said he supports Israel’s right to defend itself in the war until Hamas is destroyed.
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