stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoNorthwestern students face criminal charges for pro-Palestinian newspaper parodyresponsiblestatecraft.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkNorthwestern students face criminal charges for pro-Palestinian newspaper parodyresponsiblestatecraft.orgstopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down5·7 months agoIf you are charging black people with a law meant to fight the KKK, you are almost certainly in the wrong. No way white students would have caught a felony over the same thing.
minus-squareStegget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·7 months agoIt’s not a felony, it’s a misdemeanor according to the article.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoHmm, I thought I read it was a felony in the paper today
minus-squareNull User Object@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 months agoI did too, so went back to find it… The Class A misdemeanor charges, the highest level short of a felony, So, not a felony.
If you are charging black people with a law meant to fight the KKK, you are almost certainly in the wrong. No way white students would have caught a felony over the same thing.
It’s not a felony, it’s a misdemeanor according to the article.
Hmm, I thought I read it was a felony in the paper today
I did too, so went back to find it…
So, not a felony.