Los Angeles DA Won’t File Felony Case Against UCLA Counter-Protester

UCLA students protest the Israel-Hamas conflict, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on April 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has declined to file a case against an 18-year-old man arrested in connection with an attack at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA in late April, instead referring it to the City Attorney’s Office for a possible misdemeanor filing.

In a statement released June 21, District Attorney George Gascón said his office has completed a “thorough review of the incident involving Mr. Edan On, who allegedly assaulted another protester,” but prosecutors “cannot establish beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. On’s conduct directly caused the victim’s injury.”