Ziad El-Ghezzaoui sued the Regents of the University of California in Los Angeles Superior Court after police struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet during a pro-Palestine encampment on campus in 2024. He also alleges officers detained him without reading him his Miranda rights before releasing him. El-Ghezzaoui further claims UC administrators took no steps to stop what he characterizes as hostile conduct directed at encampment participants. A judge cleared most of his claims to proceed to trial, leaving the UC Regents exposed to liability on the core excessive force and civil rights allegations.
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Judge Samantha Jessner of Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that Ziad El-Ghezzaoui can proceed with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents, stemming from a 2024 police action at a pro-Palestine encampment on campus. El-Ghezzaoui alleges officers struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet, detained him without Miranda warnings, and that UC administrators failed to act against rising hostility toward
newspaper Read articleA judge has ruled that a Palestinian cause sympathizer can move forward for now with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents in which he alleges police hit him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet while he was in the on-campus Palestinian solidarity encampment in 2024. Ziad El-Ghezzaoui also contends in his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that he was detained without being given his Miranda rights. He was later released and maintains the administration did nothing to stop the hos
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Judge Samantha Jessner of Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that Ziad El-Ghezzaoui can proceed with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents, stemming from a 2024 police action at a pro-Palestine encampment on campus. El-Ghezzaoui alleges officers struck him with a baton and shot him with a rubber bullet, detained him without Miranda warnings, and that UC administrators failed to act against rising hostility toward Palestinian cause sympathizers. His surviving claims include assault and battery, civil rights violations, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence.
A judge has ruled that a Palestinian cause sympathizer can move forward for now with most of his lawsuit against the UC Regents in which he alleges police hit him …
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