A demonstrator sits, chained to Johnson Hall, after the mock trial demonstration on May 16, 2024. Protesters marched to Johnson Hall to hold a "mock tribunal," charging UO President John Karl Scholz, UO Foundation President Paul Weinhold and UO Board of Trustees chairperson Steve Holwerda with "complicity in genocide," according to Salem Younes, a leader of the UO Coalition for Palestine; the crowd found the trio "guilty," and the tribunal was followed by a sit-in on the steps of the building. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)
Photos: Pro-Palestine demonstrators hold “mock tribunal,” sit-in, and move the encampment to the steps of Johnson Hall
May 17, 2024
Protesters yell and chant as the “defendants” in the mock trial demonstration raise their hands, covered in red, on May 16, 2024. Protesters marched to Johnson Hall to hold a “mock tribunal,” charging UO President John Karl Scholz, UO Foundation President Paul Weinhold and UO Board of Trustees chairperson Steve Holwerda with “complicity in genocide,” according to Salem Younes, a leader of the UO Coalition for Palestine; the crowd found the trio “guilty,” and the tribunal was followed by a sit-in on the steps of the building. (Alex Hernandez/Emerald)
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