Michigan AG Dana Nessel Drops All Charges Against U-M Pro-Palestinian Diag Protesters
5th May 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has dropped all charges against seven pro-Palestinian protesters arrested last year on the University of Michigan Diag.
The seven were facing misdemeanor charges of trespassing as well as felony charges of resisting and obstructing police. The defendants in the cases were: Oliver Kozler, Samantha Lewis, Henry MacKeen-Shapiro, Michael Mueller, Asad Siddiqui, Avi Tachna-Fram and Rhiannon Willow. All seven had pleaded not guilty.
The group hugged each other, smiled and posed for a group photo with their attorneys in the courtroom after learning the news.
“I told you, it’s a great day,” Lewis said to the others, when their lawyers entered the courtroom from a meeting in the judge’s chambers.