Israeli man gets diversion, avoids jail time for swinging pipe at pro-Palestinian UCLA protesters

[essentialsaltes]

• Edan On, 19, was charged with misdemeanor assault for a May 2024 incident on the UCLA campus.
• On swung a pipe at pro-Palestinian protesters, according to video.
• On’s lawyer declined to comment on a report that his client is now serving in the Israeli military.
• A man who prosecutors said was part of a wild mob that attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA’s campus last year was granted diversion Monday, meaning he will avoid jail time.
  
  L.A. County Superior Court Judge Liliana Gonzalez cited his age, lack of criminal history and the fact that On is working full time as factors to grant him diversion over the objection of prosecutors from the city attorney’s office during a brief hearing in the Airport Courthouse on Monday morning.
  
  On did not appear at the hearing and has not shown up in court since he was charged in April.
  
  Before the city attorney’s office charged On with misdemeanor battery, independent journalist Eric Levai published photos suggesting On had left the country and joined the Israel Defense Forces.
  
  Under the terms of his diversion agreement, On must stay away from the UCLA campus, complete 50 hours of community service and take part in anti-bias training, Gonzalez said.
  
  The case appeared to close out the last remaining criminal proceedings related to the UCLA encampment attack. Although local police arrested roughly 350 people related to pro-Palestinian encampments at USC and UCLA last year, the city attorney’s office declined to file charges against the vast majority of them.
  
  Another man accused of assaulting pro-Palestinian demonstrators and hurling racial epithets at them was also granted diversion in July.
  
  Misdemeanor proceedings against one pro-Palestinian demonstrator remain ongoing, records show.
  
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  A CNN review of footage, social media posts, and interviews found that some of the most dramatic attacks caught on camera that night were committed by people outside UCLA – not the university students and faculty who were eventually arrested.
  
  “Edan went to bully the Palestinian students in the tents at UCLA and played the song that they played to the Nukhba terrorists in prison!” his mother boasted in Hebrew on Facebook, referencing Hamas. She circled an image of him that had been broadcast on the local news.
  
  “He is all over the news channels,” his mother wrote in a now-deleted post.

  
  

 

[Chesterton]

He bullied the bullies? Buy that man a beer.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

He bullied the bullies? Buy that man a beer.

I thought we were condemning political violence? Or has the moment now passed?

 

[Chesterton]

I thought we were condemning political violence? Or has the moment now passed?

Was Charlie Kirk bullying his murderer?

 

[iluvatar5150]

• Edan On, 19, was charged with misdemeanor assault for a May 2024 incident on the UCLA campus.
• On swung a pipe at pro-Palestinian protesters, according to video.
• On’s lawyer declined to comment on a report that his client is now serving in the Israeli military.
• A man who prosecutors said was part of a wild mob that attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA’s campus last year was granted diversion Monday, meaning he will avoid jail time.
  
  L.A. County Superior Court Judge Liliana Gonzalez cited his age, lack of criminal history and the fact that On is working full time as factors to grant him diversion over the objection of prosecutors from the city attorney’s office during a brief hearing in the Airport Courthouse on Monday morning.
  
  On did not appear at the hearing and has not shown up in court since he was charged in April.
  
  Before the city attorney’s office charged On with misdemeanor battery, independent journalist Eric Levai published photos suggesting On had left the country and joined the Israel Defense Forces.
  
  Under the terms of his diversion agreement, On must stay away from the UCLA campus, complete 50 hours of community service and take part in anti-bias training, Gonzalez said.
  
  The case appeared to close out the last remaining criminal proceedings related to the UCLA encampment attack. Although local police arrested roughly 350 people related to pro-Palestinian encampments at USC and UCLA last year, the city attorney’s office declined to file charges against the vast majority of them.
  
  Another man accused of assaulting pro-Palestinian demonstrators and hurling racial epithets at them was also granted diversion in July.
  
  Misdemeanor proceedings against one pro-Palestinian demonstrator remain ongoing, records show.
  
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Another liberal DA meting out barely a wrist-slap for a violent, politically-motivated attack. When will this senseless support of violence end?

 

[Desk trauma]

I thought we were condemning political violence? Or has the moment now passed?

It was never here.

 

[Servus]

• Edan On, 19, was charged with misdemeanor assault for a May 2024 incident on the UCLA campus.
• On swung a pipe at pro-Palestinian protesters, according to video.
• On’s lawyer declined to comment on a report that his client is now serving in the Israeli military.
• A man who prosecutors said was part of a wild mob that attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA’s campus last year was granted diversion Monday, meaning he will avoid jail time.
  
  L.A. County Superior Court Judge Liliana Gonzalez cited his age, lack of criminal history and the fact that On is working full time as factors to grant him diversion over the objection of prosecutors from the city attorney’s office during a brief hearing in the Airport Courthouse on Monday morning.
  
  On did not appear at the hearing and has not shown up in court since he was charged in April.
  
  Before the city attorney’s office charged On with misdemeanor battery, independent journalist Eric Levai published photos suggesting On had left the country and joined the Israel Defense Forces.
  
  Under the terms of his diversion agreement, On must stay away from the UCLA campus, complete 50 hours of community service and take part in anti-bias training, Gonzalez said.
  
  The case appeared to close out the last remaining criminal proceedings related to the UCLA encampment attack. Although local police arrested roughly 350 people related to pro-Palestinian encampments at USC and UCLA last year, the city attorney’s office declined to file charges against the vast majority of them.
  
  Another man accused of assaulting pro-Palestinian demonstrators and hurling racial epithets at them was also granted diversion in July.
  
  Misdemeanor proceedings against one pro-Palestinian demonstrator remain ongoing, records show.
  
  see also:
  

How is someone who swung a pipe at guys brandishing similar weapons a major news story?

 

[essentialsaltes]

How is someone who swung a pipe at guys brandishing similar weapons a major news story?

Evidence that they brandished similar weapons?

 

[Servus]

Evidence that they brandished similar weapons?

From the LA Times article you posted (highlights added by me):

Looks like the guy on the right is defending himself.

 

[rjs330]

Another liberal DA meting out barely a wrist-slap for a violent, politically-motivated attack. When will this senseless support of violence end?

Yes another prime exame of liberals being lenient on crime.

 

[Stopped_lurking]

From the LA Times article you posted (highlights added by me):

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Looks like the guy on the right is defending himself.

Did they advance on him or did he advance on them? In my local laws they would all be guilty by using implements as weapons (if they haven't been picked up as a matter of convenience for defense), but only the one advancing would be quilty of assault.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Did they advance on him or did he advance on them? In my local laws they would all be guilty by using implements as weapons (if they haven't been picked up as a matter of convenience for defense), but only the one advancing would be quilty of assault.

lol, how do you advance on somebody from behind a barricade?

 

[Stopped_lurking]

lol, how do you advance on somebody from behind a barricade?

I saw that, but I have had other discussions with Servus where he had a strange take about who attacked whom. So I am interested in his view why the perpetrator is the victim this particular time.

 

[essentialsaltes]

From the LA Times article you posted (highlights added by me):

Thanks, yes.

Looks like the guy on the right is defending himself.

Give me a break. The pro-Palestinian side was behind a defensive barricade, defending themselves. The outside agitators came specifically to attack the encampment, which is why two pro-Israeli people were virtually the only people charged with assault in the whole affair (and both received diversion and no jail).

 

[Servus]

Thanks, yes.

Give me a break. The pro-Palestinian side was behind a defensive barricade, defending themselves. The outside agitators came specifically to attack the encampment, which is why two pro-Israeli people were among the only people charged with assault (and both received diversion and no jail).

Are you sure they weren't trying to get though the barricade? After all they're pressed up against it and the guy on the right is standing back. You can see where a big board was knocked down laying right next to him. And it looks like a guy is trying to do the same with another big board.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Are you sure they weren't trying to get though the barricade?

Yes, I'm sure. I understand what a barricade is. I know what happened that night at my alma mater.

Pro-Israel counterprotesters attack pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA; violence continues for hours​

Counterprotesters tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. Some on campus said they were stunned it took so long before officials stepped in.​

[those inside the camp,] some holding lumber and wearing goggles and helmets, rallied to defend the encampment’s perimeter.

After all they're pressed up against it

They are manning the barricade.

 

[rjs330]

Yup another example of CA Democrats being soft on crime.