LSUPD arrested seven student protesters who attended the presidential search committee meeting on Wednesday morning.
Gabriela Juárez, a junior, was charged with resisting an officer and interfering with an educational practice. Enola Guyer, a senior, was charged with resisting an officer, obstruction of highway commerce and prohibiting an educational practice.
The other five students were arrested for resisting an officer and obstruction of highway commerce. Those students were Ziad Eissa, Ryan Spalt, Scott Sonnier, Carson Wall and Margo Wilson. They, along with Guyer, were released by LSUPD with a misdemeanor and a future court date.
The group Juárez was apart of listed out their demands to make the presidential selection process more inclusive of student opinions. Juárez was physically removed from the building by LSUPD after exceeding the three minute time period. She announced she would keep talking which violated the committee rules and started calling the committee members fascists. After Juárez arrest the other protesters blocked the police car from leaving with her, those students were arrested for interfering.
LSU Board Chairman Scott Ballard, who asked police to remove Juarez, commented that while she was out of line, he didn’t think Juarez should be criminally charged.
