Three demonstrators arrested during last year’s pro-Palestinian protest at Emory University pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges their attorneys said are politically motivated.

More than two dozen people, including students and some faculty, were detained in April 2024 as police and state troopers clashed with protesters at the private university.

Nearly 15 months later, three of the four remaining defendants appeared at the DeKalb County Courthouse alongside more than a dozen supporters.

Alexander Carson, Sebastian Cadiz Garcia and Erica Schneider pleaded not guilty to two counts each of criminal trespass. Schneider, who said she was injured when officers tackled her to the ground last year, also faces an obstruction charge.

Onlookers inside Judge Mike Jacobs’ courtroom were instru

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