Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg faced backlash for dropping charges against a number of pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied a building at Columbia University in April.
Charges were dismissed for 32 protesters due to lack of evidence, while 13 defendants still face charges.
Trump supporters criticized Bragg on social media, accusing him of being lenient on criminals and antisemitic for prosecuting protesters but dropping charges against them.
Lunatic D.A. Alvin Bragg drops all charges against the vile, anti-Semitic protesters who illegally seized the building at Columbia University. The Anti-Semocrats who run New York will always continue to encourage this kind of bigotry and hatred: https://t.co/i1JbEp1hob
— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) June 20, 2024
Jewish activists and conservatives expressed concerns about the decision’s impact on future protests and perceived justice.
“Lunatic D.A. Alvin Bragg drops all charges against the vile, anti-Semitic protesters who illegally seized the building at Columbia University,” talk show host Mark Simone wrote online. “The Anti-Semocrats who run New York will always continue to encourage this kind of bigotry and hatred.”
“Trump – filed the wrong sex paperwork / 34 felonies!” writer Scott Jennings stated. “Vandals and terrorist sympathizers – meh, go about your business.”
“It was Alvin Bragg’s office that dropped the charges against the criminals who took over Hamilton Hall btw,” one X user wrote. “Impossible to ignore the fact that his office pursues political vendettas while giving actual criminals a pass.”
“Fat Alvin Bragg has dropped trespassing charges against nearly all Columbia University protesters,” another wrote. “Bragg doesn’t prosecute criminals. He only prosecutes his political opponents.”
“Alvin Bragg,@ManhattanDA, drops charges against 31 of 46 anarchists arrested for barricading themselves in Hamilton Hall @Columbia,” attorney Gerard Filitti posted. “For lack of evidence. That they were trespassing. In a building they barricaded themselves in.”
“Well, he IS a @Harvard_Law grad,” Filitti added. “Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. Birds of a feather and all that. It’s time for @TheJusticeDept to step in and protect our civil rights.”
