UC Irvine Humanities Core Program lecturer Brook Haley was charged with felony vandalism in the Orange County Superior Court after being arrested in May.
Haley was accused of pouring red dye into a fountain at a pro-Palestine rally commemorating the Nakba. An arraignment for Haley was postponed to November.
If convicted, Haley faces up to three years in state prison or a $50,000 fine. Haley, a faculty member at UCI for almost 30 years, described his arrest.
“It was a sudden change from being detained for questions to being under arrest,”
Haley said in an interview with New University. He cooperated with a police officer who asked him to step away from the protest to answer some questions, before being put in handcuffs and taken to a patrol car.
Haley shouted out the name of his wife and her phone number, as well as his attorney’s name, so that they could contact him. Author's summary: UCI lecturer charged with vandalism.