Detroit — Pro-Palestine activists gathered near Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's Detroit office on Friday to demand she drop two subpoenas recently issued against pro-Palestine activists.

Organizers said the subpoenas were issued for a "made-up charge" of "multi-jurisdictional vandalism" for 12 instances of pro-Palestine graffiti, "without evidence," and reflect a broader issue of attempts to silence criticism of U.S. support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

Stephen Ward, a University of Michigan Afroamerican and African studies professor who spoke at the demonstration, said the subpoenas were a "political and personal attack."

"We should ask, why is the attorney general of the state so interested in persecuting graffiti," Ward said. "But more importantly, how it is that

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