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Hanover prosecutor charges 20 more protesters with violations; 4 others get off
https://www.vnews.com/Hanover-prosecutor-files-charges-in-last-batch-of-May-1-Dartmouth-pro-Palestinian-protesters-56094201Hanover prosecutor charges 20 more protesters with violations; 4 others get off
By NORA DOYLE-BURR
Valley News Staff Writer
Published: 07-21-2024 7:34 PM
Modified: 07-21-2024 8:01 PM
HANOVER — The Hanover Police prosecutor filed charges on Thursday in Lebanon District Court for the last batch of the 89 people arrested on May 1 during a pro-Palestinian protest on the Dartmouth Green.
Prosecutor Mariana Pastore charged 20 additional protesters with violations and opted not to charge four, including Dartmouth History Professor Annelise Orleck, with criminal trespass.
“I am of course personally relieved to no longer be facing criminal charges,” Orleck said in a Friday email. “But that does not erase the trauma of what happened to students, faculty and community members on May 1.”
New Hampshire State Police troopers held Orleck, who is in her mid-60s, on the ground as they arrested her along with scores of others within two hours of a handful of tents being erected on the Dartmouth Green on May 1. Dartmouth officials called police to remove the protesters, who had gathered in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and did not comply with repeated warnings to disperse.
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By NORA DOYLE-BURR
Valley News Staff Writer
Published: 07-21-2024 7:34 PM
Modified: 07-21-2024 8:01 PM
HANOVER — The Hanover Police prosecutor filed charges on Thursday in Lebanon District Court for the last batch of the 89 people arrested on May 1 during a pro-Palestinian protest on the Dartmouth Green.
Prosecutor Mariana Pastore charged 20 additional protesters with violations and opted not to charge four, including Dartmouth History Professor Annelise Orleck, with criminal trespass.
“I am of course personally relieved to no longer be facing criminal charges,” Orleck said in a Friday email. “But that does not erase the trauma of what happened to students, faculty and community members on May 1.”
New Hampshire State Police troopers held Orleck, who is in her mid-60s, on the ground as they arrested her along with scores of others within two hours of a handful of tents being erected on the Dartmouth Green on May 1. Dartmouth officials called police to remove the protesters, who had gathered in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and did not comply with repeated warnings to disperse.
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