THIS IS CNN: Arrest made in death of Jewish protester who fell and hit his head.
A 50-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Jewish protester who fell and hit his head during Israel-Hamas protests in Southern California earlier this month, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Thursday.
Loay Alnaji was arrested Thursday on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter and his bail will be set at $1 million, the news release said.
Alnaji was arrested within the hour and does not yet appear in the Ventura County inmate roster. CNN is trying to determine if he has legal representation.
Paul Kessler, 69, died after suffering a head injury following an interaction with a pro-Palestine protestor during dueling rallies on November 5.
Witnesses said Kessler was “involved in a physical altercation” with at least one counter protester while pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian rallies were being held in Thousand Oaks, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said in an earlier news release.
It is unclear what interaction Kessler and Alnaji had before the incident.
Really? The London Daily Mail reported last Wednesday that “Loay Alnaji, who teaches computer science at Ventura Community College in California, allegedly hit Paul Kessler with a megaphone knocking him to the ground.”
Alnaji’s profession in academia is also “unexpectedly” absent from CNN’s article:
UPDATE: How dare those crazed bloodthirsty Neocons at NRO commit actual journalism and write a headline that actually tells the story! California Professor Arrested on Manslaughter Charges in Pro-Israel Demonstrator’s Death.