Students and Faculty Rally to Oppose Charge on Bank Blockers
As many as 100 students and faculty members turned out on Monday afternoon to show solidarity with 12 protesters facing as many as 21 misdemeanor charges, up to 11 years in prison, and restitution fines up to one million dollars for their activities relating to the blocking of a US bank building from January into early March.
On Friday, 12 of them will be arraigned in Yolo County Superior Court. On Monday they rallied, asking the chancellor and the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office to drop the charges. Students and others were signing the letters during the course of the event.