In May of 2024, pro-Palestine activists at the University of Michigan — each charged with trespassing and resisting or obstructing the police — were initially spared legal consequences when the Washtenaw County prosecutor, Eli Savit, dismissed charges against them. Four months later, on Sept. 12th, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, decided to take up the cases, a clear break from the norm. On May 5th, Nessel’s office dropped the charges of seven pro-Palestine protesters arrested at the Diag last year. Fifteen days later, charges against three protesters that participated in the Festifall “Die-In” were also dropped.

Although it took Nessel a significant amount of time to drop the charges, this Editorial Board not only views the dismissal of these charges as a win for the Univer

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