{"id":2100950,"date":"2023-11-16T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-professor-arrested-following-jewish-protesters-death-in-pro-palestine-protest\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T20:07:18","slug":"college-professor-arrested-following-jewish-protesters-death-in-pro-palestine-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-professor-arrested-following-jewish-protesters-death-in-pro-palestine-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"College professor arrested after Jewish protester dies in pro-Palestine protest."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcollege-professor-arrested-following-jewish-protesters-death-in-pro-palestine-protest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2100950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elena Colombo creates a Star of David at a makeshift memorial at\u2064 the site of an altercation between 69-year-old Paul \u200dKessler, who was Jewish, and \u2062pro-Palestinian protestor on November \u200b7, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California. \u200cKessler died of a head injury he sustained from falling\u200d during the confrontation at dueling Israeli and \u2064Palestinian protests on\u2062 November 5. The death \u200dwas ruled a \u2063homicide by the Ventura County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. (Photo by\u2063 Mario \u2062Tama\/Getty \u2064Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>11:58 AM \u2013 Wednesday, November 15, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A 50-year-old \u200bman has been detained in connection to\u2064 the death of a\u200d Jewish protestor who was \u200ckilled \u200cwhile counter-protesting during a pro-Palestine demonstration in Ventura, California.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a college professor,\u2063 was taken into custody for the death of Paul Kessler, 69, who \u200bwas involved in a physical altercation with pro-Palestine protesters on November 5<sup>th<\/sup>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/local.nixle.com\/alert\/10410107\/?fbclid=IwAR3QRA1x2JiEn-pwOhU_BLrvuz416uji1pmbzQtOZWFJVzyYDRAXO1kJjRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ventura County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The victim \u200c\u201cfell\u200c backward and hit his head on the\u200b ground\u201d during the scuffle, and later died the next day in the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Kessler was\u200d reportedly \u2064seen waving an Israeli flag just minutes before the deadly \u2064incident. The Jewish Federation of\u200c Greater\u2062 Los Angeles and a rabbi who spoke to witnesses of \u2064the incident alleged that Kessler \u200dwas \u201cstruck with a megaphone\u201d before his plunge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking \u2013 Loay Alnaji was arrested in connection to the murder of Paul Kessler, 69. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Alnaji was charged with involuntary\u2063 manslaughter and had his bail set\u2064 at $1 million. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ByGy7nD1IM\">https:\/\/t.co\/ByGy7nD1IM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIy7i80Hpj\">pic.twitter.com\/gIy7i80Hpj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1725190625497137499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After the altercation occurred, witnesses say that they saw him lying on the pavement while two women, including one who \u200bwas wearing a \u201cFree\u2063 Palestine\u201d \u2063jacket, came to help him, according to video footage.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said that Kessler\u2019s\u2064 autopsy \u200drevealed \u200dthat his death\u200c was ruled as a homicide, with the cause \u2062being a \u201cblunt force head injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alnaji, the\u2063 assailant, will be detained at the Ventura County Pre-Trial Detention Facility on \u201cinvoluntary manslaughter charges,\u201d authorities say. <\/p>\n<p>Later on Thursday, authorities \u2063also said that a charging decision for Alnaji can be expected. The bail amount\u2064 has been set at $1 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThroughout\u200b their investigation, prosecutors have been in daily consultation with the Sheriff\u2019s Office and are finalizing review \u2062of the evidence,\u201d the district attorney\u2019s office said. <strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Officials additionally mentioned\u200d that they had not ruled out the potential of a hate crime for the case. However, they did not say if such a charge was guaranteed. <\/p>\n<p>Under California penal code, involuntary manslaughter is described as \u2063an occurrence when \u2063a person is killed \u200cby an illegal\u2062 act that is not as serious as \u2063a felony or \u2062by a legal act that has the potential to result in death illegally or carelessly. <\/p>\n<p>Moshe Bryski, a rabbi \u2062from\u2062 Chabad \u2064of Agoura Hills, California, \u200dtold reporters that Kessler\u2019s death was \u201ca tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t \u200cexpect people to go to a rally and not come home,\u201d Bryski said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bryski \u2062also mentioned that Kessler\u2019s wife was in \u201cstate of total shock\u201d\u2063 when he called to inform \u2062her\u200d of the tragic \u200baltercation. Despite the fact that Alnaji was arrested, authorities advised\u2063 anyone with additional information about the incident to come forward and, if at all possible, to \u200cshare any video footage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING REPORT: California college\u2063 professor arrested on INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE for death of Jewish protester in CA..<\/p>\n<p>California authorities \u2063have detained Loay Alnaji on charges of involuntary manslaughter \u200cin connection with the death of Jewish\u200d protester Paul Kessler.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBnYRA4bKZ\">pic.twitter.com\/EBnYRA4bKZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckCallesto\/status\/1725189829929976027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a 50-year-old college professor, was taken into custody by the Ventura County Sheriff&#8217;s Office on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on November 5th,\u2062 when 69-year-old Paul Kessler\u200b was involved in \u2064a physical altercation with pro-Palestine protesters. Kessler, who was waving an Israeli flag at the time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elena Colombo creates a Star of David at a makeshift memorial at the site of an altercation between 69-year-old Paul Kessler, who was Jewish, and pro-Palestinian protestor on November 7, 2023 in Thousand Oaks, California. 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