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Eight Michigan Pro-Palestinian Activists Indicted for Chemical Attacks

6/11/2026

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Activists Charged

The indictment signals a federal shift from sanctioning universities to prosecuting individual pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan.
Eight University of Michigan affiliates were charged in federal court with threatening campus leaders and spraying chemicals at their homes.
The indictment details spray-painting red inverted triangles, breaking windows, and tossing glass jars of chemicals.
U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon called the campaign “anti-American” and vowed Justice Department action.

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Activists Charged

May-2024 chat logs show Feyock and Korkaya planning to drive a car into home and add children to a list.
Federal prosecutors indicted eight University of Michigan affiliates for using Hamas symbols and spraying noxious chemicals at university leaders’ homes.
63-page indictment alleges group plotted murders of children and discussed poison, bombs, and torture.
Investigators say conspirators used encrypted chats and social media to surveil, threaten targets and police.

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Historical Context

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover launched COINTELPRO in 1956 to disrupt the Communist Party, then broadened it in the 1960s to civil-rights, anti-war and student groups such as SDS. Although officially ended in April 1971, the bureau planted more than 500 bugs between 1972-1974, showing continued surveillance. The current indictment of eight University of Michigan affiliates revives those historic tactics.

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Activists Charged

The indictment signals a federal shift from sanctioning universities to prosecuting individual pro-Palestinian activists tied to the University of Michigan.
Eight University of Michigan affiliates were charged in federal court with threatening campus leaders and spraying chemicals at their homes.
The indictment details spray-painting red inverted triangles, breaking windows, and tossing glass jars of chemicals.
U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon called the campaign “anti-American” and vowed Justice Department action.

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