Wednesday morning a small group of Stanford students occupied the office of the president and issued a list of demands. They barricaded themselves inside and refused to leave until those demands, related to Israel, were met. But one of their demands was that the students involved in the occupation would be given amnesty for their actions, i.e. no punishment for the trespassing and vandalism.
Rather than negotiate with them, the administration called the police. Police had to break through a door but then went inside and arrested all 13 students who were present. The administration also announced that seniors in the group would not graduate and everyone who was a current student would be suspended. But it turns out that was just the start. The Stanford Daily reports those students have now been charged with felonies.
Thirteen individuals, including 12 protesters and a Daily reporter,…
