On March 20, the California Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced that several law firms have filed a lawsuit on behalf of protesters and journalists who were attacked at UCLA by counter-protesters on April 30, 2024. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit were all at a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus. At least two individuals named as defendants are Beverly Hills residents.
The suit names UCLA, the University of California Regents, officials working for UCLA’s Police Department (UCPD), the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Department and more than 20 individual defendants. It was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The lawsuit’s 12 causes of action include civil rights violations, assault, battery and false arrest. It seeks compensatory damages, statutory damages of $25,000 for each claim, trebling of compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs of litigation and attorneys’ fees.
