On Monday, April 22nd at 6:40 AM, Yale and New Haven police arrested students, graduate workers, staff, and New Haveners on charges of criminal trespass in the first degree—all for peacefully protesting Yale's investments in weapons manufacturers and demanding disclosure and divestment. Peter Salovey lied publicly about the number of arrests—initially claiming 60 were arrested—to give credence to a false "outside agitator" narrative, further pushed by Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis and later advanced by university leaders around the country. In reality, 46 students and one Yale staff member were arrested, out of the 49 total. Again, on May 1, Yale police, by their own admission and guided by police chief Anthony Campbell, violated policy and used excessive force to arrest four more community members, including two students, while they were dispersing from a protest.

300+ faculty condemned the arrests. Nearly 3,000 alumni are withholding donations. Thousands of students and community members have protested. But Yale's Board of Trustees—heavily composed of financiers—still refuse to divest from military weapons manufacturers, and they refuse to call for the charges to be dropped against anti-genocide protesters.

Tell Yale's leaders: drop the charges against your students and community members, and divest from weapons and genocide now.