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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 23 april 2019
Case dismissed for 3 students who protested border agents

By JACQUES BILLEAUD the KKK into campus," said
Associated Press the student, who later de-
PHOENIX (AP) — Charges clined an invitation to join
were dismissed against the group inside the class-
three students involved in a room.
protest of U.S. Border Patrol Other students later joined
agents at the University of in the chants of "murder pa-
Arizona that was captured trol" as the agents walked
on video. out of the classroom and
The case was dismissed were followed to parking
Friday at the request of garage where they left in
prosecutors after they af- an SUV.
ter learned the university The video footage sparked
will conduct an administra- anger among members of
tive investigation into the the union that represents
March 19 protest in Tuc- Border Patrol agents. A few
son, said Amelia Cramer, days later, the university
chief deputy for the Pima announced that two stu-
County Attorney's Office, dents were being charged
noting the students could with interference with the
face punishments if they're peaceful conduct of an
found to have violated the educational institution for
university's code of con- their role in the protest.
duct. The third student was later
The video shows a student charged.
standing in a hallway as Supporters say the three This April 10, 2019, file photo shows supporters of three University of Arizona students who were
two Border Patrols agents students — Denisse Moreno charged with a misdemeanor for their part in a protest of two Border Patrol agents on the univer-
spoke inside a classroom to Melchor, Mariel Alexandra sity's Tucson campus.
a student law-enforcement Bustamante and Marianna Associated Press
club, which had invited the Ariel Coles-Curtis — had
agents to speak. The pro- free speech rights to pro- County Consolidated Jus- attributed the dismissal lieves the charges were a
tester repeatedly referred test the agents' presence. tice Court, where the three to pressure that their sup- response from pressure that
to the Border Patrol as the They started an online cam- were scheduled to be ar- porters put on authorities, the Border Patrol union put
"murder patrol." paign to drop the case and raigned, has been called including a flood of phone on the university. "It seems
"This is supposed to be a staged demonstrations in off. calls to the county attor- like they wanted to make
safe space for students, but Tucson. A protest planned In separate interviews Mon- ney's office. an example of us," Busta-
they allow an extension of for Monday outside Pima day, the three students Bustamante said she be- mante said.q

Appeals court

nixes condo's coed

swimming restrictions

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A of residents, but several
federal appeals court has non-Orthodox homeown-
ruled that a New Jersey ers sued in 2016 after being
condominium association fined $50 each after refus-
violated women's rights by ing to abide by the rules.
setting separate swimming A judge ruled in January
hours for male and female that the separate swim
residents. hours weren't discriminato-
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court ry because they applied to
of Appeals said the sched- both sexes equally, but the
ule adopted by A Country appeals court overturned
Place's condominium as- that decision Monday.
sociation was "plainly un- Under the rules, men and
equal in its allotment of fa- women were only allowed
vorable swimming times." in the pool together for two
The Lakewood condo- hours on weekdays and
minium complex, which all day Saturday, when,
serves people 55 or older, the court noted, "Ortho-
restricts swimming by gen- dox residents would not
der at certain times in ac- go swimming on the Jew-
cord with Jewish law that ish Sabbath." An attorney
prohibits men and women for the condominium asso-
from bathing together. Or- ciation didn't immediately
thodox Jewish residents return an email seeking
made up about two thirds comment.q