WHAT HAPPENED:King County prosecutors declined to pursue felony charges against 33 agitators arrested for vandalizing the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building, instead filing misdemeanor charges.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED:Thirty-three agitators, including members of the now-suspended group Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return (SUPER UW), and University of Washingtonpoliceinvestigators.

📍WHEN & WHERE:May 2025 at the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building; decision not to prosecute confirmed recently.

💬KEY QUOTE:“This is an important step in ensuring accountability for thosewhoperpetrated this occupation.” – UW spokesman Victor Balta

🎯IMPACT:Twenty-threestudentsinvolved have already faced disciplinary suspensions.

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Prosecutors in King County will not pursuefelonycharges against 33Antifaagitators arrested in connection with last spring’s occupation andvandalismof the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building. Instead, nearly a year after the May 2025 incident, which caused more than $1 million in damage, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed 33 counts of Criminal Trespass in the First Degree, a gross misdemeanor.

Records show University ofWashingtonpolice told prosecutors they lacked sufficient evidence to support felony charges such as burglary or malicious mischief. Investigators cited the absence of eyewitness testimony or surveillance footage capturing thevandalism. A forensic review of seized electronic devices also failed to tie specific suspects to the property destruction.

Police reports indicate the demonstration was organized by Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return (SUPER UW), an anti-Israel student group later suspended by theuniversity. According to authorities, individuals dressed in “Black Bloc” Antifa clothing entered the building after hours, barricaded exits, and damaged equipment. Officers issued dispersal orders and ultimately removed dozens of people, encountering resistance that included makeshift shields and protective gear.

Police Lieutenant Anthony Stewart said investigators believe two separate groups were involved: one that carried out the destruction and another, with university affiliations, that remained inside and “leverage[d] their status to avoid aggressive police responses.”

Source: SGT Report