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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tom Perkins

Most charges against Gaza protesters dismissed but ‘intent is to scare people’

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New York police arrest a protester during a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan on 18 January 2024. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

As pro-Palestinian demonstrations broke out across the US during the first year of war in Gaza, thousands of people were arrested, charged, or cited for their involvement. Most of the cases against them did not stick, a new Guardian analysis of prosecution data in a dozen major cities finds.

About 60% of alleged offenses committed by protesters did not result in prosecutions. The Guardian identified about 2,800 charges, summons and citations brought or requested against Gaza protesters. Around 1,600 were dropped, dismissed or otherwise not filed, data shows.

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