Read the Charges Against 8 People Connected to the University of Michigan

Case 5:26-cr-20306-JEL-EAS ECF No. 1, PageID.103 Filed 05/20/26 Page 13 of 63

Michigan. They littered the yard and porch with small tents, sheets wrapped to look like dead bodies, dismembered and bloody baby dolls, and a broken crib. They taped a demand note to the front door ordering, among other things, that the University of Michigan divest from Israel. c. On or about May 15, 2024, shortly after police arrived at V-1’s house, @safeumich, @jvpumich and @tahrirumich posted a video of the trespass with this message:
GOOD MORNING, @[V-1]. This morning, on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, students hand delivered our demands to Regent [V-1]. About 2 weeks ago, she laughed at students demanding divestment while she attended a party next door to our encampment. Regent [V- 1], we will hold you accountable for the 35,000+ Palestinians martyrs whose death you funded and profited from. No matter how many times you call on violent cops to brutalize students, cancel and move your meetings to hide from students, and refuse to admit this university’s and YOUR complicity in genocide, we will continue to protest. You cannot hide. We demand divestment and will remain relentless in the struggle for a free Palestine.

d. On or about May 15, 2024, later in the day, @safeumich posted:

@[V-1] There’s nothing funny about genocide. This morning, the UMich Gaza Solidarity Encampment delivered our demands to Regent [V-1’s] door, the same regent who laughed in our faces as we told her, “[V-1, V-1] you can’t hide, you are funding genocide.” Since this morning, she has reiterated REFUSAL to divest on X. SHAME! We have communicated that the regents must respond to our demands with an open bargaining meeting for divestment by the end of their board meeting TOMORROW!… [V-1], if you aren’t losing sleep after funding mass murder and genocide, then WE WILL WAKE YOU UP!

e. On or about May 17, 2024, Unsalted Counter Info’s website cross-

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