10 protesters, tied to pro-Palestinian demonstration at UCI in May, now face misdemeanor charges

Ten protesters are now facing misdemeanor charges in connection to a pro-Palestinian protest at UCI that police declared an unlawful assembly, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

They were charged with failure to disperse at the scene of a riot, with two also charged with resisting arrest, prosecutors said.

The defendants include an associate professor, a lecturer and four UCI students, according to information released by prosecutors. The ties of the remaining four defendants to UCI, if any, were not immediately clear.

All 10 were ordered to appear in court on Oct. 16, DA officials said.

Police face off with supporters of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine after the protestors took over a building in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police detain a woman as pro-Palestinian supporters clash with police as they move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags from the second level of the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall after they took over the building at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police detain a supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC, Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment places flowers at the feet of police at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment gets on his knees as he faces off with the police at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police drag away a tent from the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine as police move in to break up the protest in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment faces off with the OC Sheriffs by placing a table between him and the police at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Supporters of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine lock arms as police prepare to retake the quad in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 to demand that the UC Irvine administration stop student suspensions related to the encampment, to demand UCI meet it’s demands. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A protester is ready as police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A woman waves the Palestinian flag as police remove a pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An angry pro-Palestinian supporter screams at police at UC Irvine as police move in to break up an encampment in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

OC Sheriff Deputies line up at UC Irvine where a gathering of students and community members united to passionately demand immediate action from the UC Regents on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach,, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Protesters make a line as police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

OC Sheriff Deputies line up at the University of California, Irvine where a gathering of students and community members united to passionately demand immediate action from the UC Regents on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police cut through a barrier as pro-Palestinian supporters clash with police as they move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Pro-Palestinian supporters reinforce a barrier as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Santa Ana police detain a pro-Palestinian protester during a protest at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Police wrestle a pro-Palestinian protester to the ground to put wrist restraints on him at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 after police began to move protesters and the encampment off the quad. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Pro-Palestinian protesters place barriers around the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall to increase the size of their encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Pro-Palestinian protesters places barriers around the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall to increase the size of their encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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Prosecutors are still reviewing potential evidence related to another 40 people who were arrested during the May 15 protest.

The demonstration at UCI came during a wave of protests at college campuses across the country related to the Israel-Hamas war.

At UC Irvine, tensions with campus leaders came to a head after a small group of protestors barricaded themselves inside the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall.

Officers in riot gear from more than a dozen local law enforcement agencies were called in to clear the group from the lecture hall, along with a much larger group of around 500 protesters at a makeshift pro-Palestine campus encampment nearby.

Police took 47 people, including 27 students, into custody while clearing the protests. The students were later placed on interim suspension.

“The right to peaceful assembly is a constitutional right and we encourage (protesters) to exercise their right to peaceful assembly on any issue,” Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement.

“However, criminal activity which transcends peaceful assembly will not be tolerated,” he said. “As such, the Orange County District Attorney’s Special Prosecutions Unit has spent months reviewing evidence to determine what, if any, crimes were committed by (protesters) at UCI following the lawful dispersal order issued by UCI police.”

This is developing story. Please check back for updates.

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