On June 5th 2024, students, alumni and one student reporter from Stanford University were arrested in a sit-in of then-President Richard Saller’s office in protest of Stanford’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now, 11 of them have been indicted on two grand jury charges, making them the first out of more than 3,100 students arrested in the nation to be forced to go to felony trial over their activism.
By charging student protesters with “conspiracy to trespass” and leaning on Stanford University’s grossly inflated restitution numbers, DA Rosen is turning misdemeanors into felonies with the express desire to crush the legacy of student activism that is celebrated on US campuses, including Stanford. It is this same legacy that ended domestic support for the Vietnam War and South African Apartheid. It is a legacy we must fight to protect! The next court date for the Stanford 11 is Monday, November 17th, where trial proceedings are set to be scheduled and assigned. Please join the DTC Campaign in taking the following actions, and supporting defendants at upcoming court dates.
Demand Stanford University Administrators & Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen drop all criminal charges against the Stanford 11 NOW!