Police Arrested Pro-Palestinian Protester Atah Othman Allegedly Armed With Gun at USF

Pro-Palestinian protester Atah Othman was arrested while allegedly armed with a gun Tuesday on the University of South Florida campus.

FOX 13 reported that Othman was among nine others arrested, all ten of whom ranged in age from 20 to 39.

All of those arrested were charged with “unlawful assembly,” among other things. Charges beyond “unlawful assembly” included trespassing, “resisting an officer without violence,” and “aggravated assault with attempt to commit a felony with a weapon.”

Othman’s charges included “possession of a firearm on school property,” which is a felony.

The Tampa Bay Times noted that the ten persons arrested Tuesday were part of roughly 100 people who had gathered and whom police dispersed with tear gas near the MLK Plaza.

On Wednesday,

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