"community members and UC Santa Cruz students formed a pro-Palestine solidarity encampment on campus. On May 31, 2024, over 100 demonstrators, including Hurtado, were arrested when hundreds of police officers from San Francisco, Watsonville and the California Highway Patrol cleared the encampment. Hurtado was arrested again during a protest Oct. 7, 2024. Out of all those arrested, Hurtado the only person arrested who faced criminal charges, including battery on a police officer, resisting or deterring an officer, and false identification to a police officer."
"There's a lot of emotions, Hurtado said. I'm really relieved it's over. I'm really upset and frustrated that it happened in the first place. And honestly, I'm still just really, really fing angry that this genocide is still going on. Tovar appeared to be moved by Hurtado's case, and by over a dozen character references submitted by Hurtado's supporters, including"
Esmeralda Hurtado, the sole UC Santa Cruz student charged after over 100 arrests at a pro-Palestine campus encampment in May 2024, was granted a motion of diversion by Santa Cruz County Superior Court. Hurtado must complete 40 hours of community service within six months and will return to court in June. Arrested again on Oct. 7, 2024, Hurtado faced charges including battery on a police officer, resisting or deterring an officer, and false identification to a police officer, and pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors opposed diversion citing physical violence, but Judge Mandy Tovar granted the motion after supporters submitted character references. If Hurtado completes the diversion, the case will be dismissed and there will be no conviction.
Read at www.santacruzsentinel.com
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