BLOOMINGTON — The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office announced it will not be charging the 55 people who were arrested on Indiana University’s campus during the Gaza ceasefire protests in April.
The protestors were arrested on April 25 and April 27 at Dunn Meadow after reportedly refusing to remove tents and canopies. Police say the tents and canopies were erected against the university’s public safety policy.
This is a statement from the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office”
“The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office, having reviewed all reports, affidavits, videos, and photographs submitted by the Indiana University Police Department and Indiana State Police, declines to file criminal charges against 55 individuals who were arrested for criminal trespass at IU’s Dunn Meadow on April 25 and April 27, 2024. Based upon the facts and circumstances surrounding these arrests, including, among other things, the constitutionally dubious process by which the University passed and enforced its new policy regarding structures in Dunn Meadow, the State is unlikely to be able to convict these individuals at trials on the merits. To attempt to do so would be a poor use of limited resources and wholly inconsistent with the sound exercise of prosecutorial discretion.”
