Michigan AG Dana Nessel Says She Faced Unprecedented Antisemitism In U-M Pro-Palestinian Protester Case
"…Speaking at a town hall meeting this past week in West Bloomfield on hate crimes and extremism, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel defended charges filed against pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan Diag last year. She insisted antisemitism was at play when defense lawyers suggested she was biased because she is Jewish.
"Everything that happens with this case involves antisemitism at levels and in areas, frankly, that I've not seen before", she said, explaining the dismissal of seven of those cases nearly a week ago in Ann Arbor District Court.
She said defense attorneys filed motions to have her removed from the case essentially because she is Jewish and, in their view, could not be objective with pro-Palestinian defendants. She had previously called this a diversionary tactic to delay proceedings.
Nessel criticized Judge Cedric Simpson, saying that instead of deciding whether there was probable cause to move the cases forward, he focused on the motion to remove her. She said she ultimately dropped the charges against all seven defendants because the allegations against her were baseless, the judge repeatedly delayed the case, and the circus-like atmosphere had created a major distraction for her and her office…"
"…She (Nessel) said the Jewish Federation of Ann Arbor complicated matters when it submitted a statement to the court, calling the attempt to remove Nessel based on her religion horrifying. She said that created a bigger distraction, as the judge then announced an investigation into the federation.
"So now we're at a point where the Jewish attorney general is being investigated, the Jewish Federation is being investigated - everyone’s on trial except the defendants"…"
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https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/33173/michigan_ag_dana_nessel_says_she_faced_unprecedented_antisemitism_in_u-m_pro-palestinian_case
