No evidence yet to support hate crime charge in death of pro-Israel protester, officials say

Published November 17, 2023 1:23 PM

By JOHN ANTCZAK and JULIE WATSON
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California prosecutor says evidence supports involuntary manslaughter and battery charges against a college professor accused in the death of a Jewish protester after an altercation at a demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko also told a news conference Friday that they haven’t ruled out a hate crime but do not have evidence to make the charge against 50-year-old Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji in the death of 69-year-old Paul Kessler. Alnaji faces arraignment Thursday afternoon on the two charges, each of which is accompanied by a special allegation of personally causing great bodily injury.

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