Prominent lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Wednesday that Jewish students harassed by anti-Israel protesters should consider filing a lawsuit if left-wing prosecutors refuse to press charges. .
Dershowitz’s comments come after police removed protesters who had occupied Hamilton Hall on the Ivy League campus, prompting Columbia University to urge professors to either cancel final exams or conduct them online. It was issued after a proposal to consider doing so. On his podcast, The Dershowitz, Dershowitz expressed doubts that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg would take action against protesters, and if no charges are brought, Jewish students will sue. He said that this should be considered. (Related: Watch how a Colombian protester’s entire worldview collapses in seconds from a few simple questions)
“You don’t have the right to trespass, you don’t have the right to damage the building, and you certainly don’t have the right to hold the two custodians hostage for several hours and then release them,” Dershotis said. “O.J. Simpson was imprisoned for that very crime… There were no guns involved here, but that generally doesn’t matter under the law. If you force someone to leave, It’s also a serious crime.” So let’s see if charges are filed…that’s up to District Attorney Bragg. He seems to make it clear that he goes after people he doesn’t like and doesn’t go after people he likes. ”
But Dershowitz said Bragg’s inaction is not the end of the problem, noting that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 allows civil lawsuits.
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“Under civil rights law, this is a federal crime and can be brought in federal court…This is also a federal tort,” Dershowitz said, adding that “national He said there was a “conspiracy”.
“Once we find the plaintiff and defendant, we intend to file a lawsuit,” Dershowitz continued. “And if the case survives the motion to dismiss, which it will be, then we’ll get discovery and we’ll know who paid for the tent.”[s]We know what’s written in emails and now we know so many things that we don’t actually know. So while civil cases have the benefit of discovery, in criminal cases it’s up to the prosecutor. We don’t want it to happen, it goes away, if they want to, they’re free to choose whether to issue a subpoena or not, which we have no control over, but if you file a civil lawsuit. , we can control it. So I said I think litigation is the remedy and I’ve already got about 25 volunteers. ”
The protests began hours after a speech by Columbia University President Dr. Nemat Shafik, when demonstrators lit smoke bombs and chanted anti-Israel slogans. grilled By Elise Stefanik, Republican of New York, at the House Education Committee on April 17th. hearing Title: “Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University’s Response to Anti-Semitism” FOX News report. (Related: Jewish Columbia University student files lawsuit alleging school failed to protect Jewish students)
Anti-Israel demonstrators are protesting Israel’s response to the October 7 attack by the Islamic extremist terrorist group Hamas, which killed more than 1,200 people. Since the attack, protesters at the Ivy League school have made statements such as “resistance is justified,” including on Oct. 15, when protesters chanted slogans like “Resistance is justified.” This includes protests. implication About decimating Israel after a Cornell University professor described the attack as “exhilarating.”
At the University of California, Los Angeles, video shows anti-Israel protesters blocking Jewish students from crossing the square to attend classes. Posted X Monday.
Dershowitz said he describes his legal approach as “If you hurt Jews, we will sue you.”
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