ALT Dear Chancellor Gillman, Vice Provost Hayes, and Vice Chancellor Bergeron: We write as a group of scholars, students, and concerned community members from across the world to express our alarm and opposition to the three misdemeanor charges filed against Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, including “failure to disperse at the scene of a riot,” “resisting a peace officer with the threat of violence,” and “resisting arrest” at UC-Irvine’s (UCI) Palestine solidarity encampment on May 15, 2024. Dr. Willoughby-Herard's arrest was a direct result of her attempt to protect students from harm at the hands of armed riot police representing twenty-one different police and sheriffs' departments.