The Orange County District Attorney’s office announced misdemeanor charges Wednesday against 10 people, including a professor and lecturer. They have been charged with failing to follow dispersal orders at UC Irvine when police attempted to clear a student encampment calling for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.
About the charges
Two of those charged are listed as staff members by UC Irvine. Four of the 10 are UC Irvine students. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, a professor of global and international studies, is charged with three misdemeanor counts including resisting arrest. Jonathan Brook Haley, a lecturer from the School of Humanities, is charged with failure to disperse.
Willoughy-Herard could not immediately be reached for comment. LAist is also reaching out to Haley and UC Irvine officials.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said that the Special Prosecutions Unit spent months reviewing evidence before moving forward with charges…