Last year, pro-Palestinian protesters set up camps on two of Los Angeles' most prominent university campuses, after a violent overnight attack by counter-protesters, a few weeks of demonstrations were arrested in the UCLA, where hundreds of people were present.

Law enforcement officers promise to act promptly against those who violate the law. But late last month, Los Angeles City. Atti. Hydee Feldstein Soto announced that only two people (of nearly 350 arrested) would face criminal charges in her office.

Feldstein Soto decided not to charge, but the debate in a few cases has rekindled debate on how to deal with the protests and made some campus officials wonder if it would incite future inciteers.

The year since the dramatic scenes of both campuses, Jewish groups and the Trump administration, the UCC and UCLA tolerate anti-Semitism, Jews have sued the UCLA and Pro-Palestinian groups. Meanwhile, pro-Palestine protesters have sued UCLA three times, claiming they have failed to protect them from violent mobs that attacked their camps last May.

City prosecutors frustrated campus officials, law enforcement leaders and demonstrators who last year had claimed she was biased against pro-Palestine protesters for different reasons in the relative aspects of the skirmish last year.

A spokesperson for Feldstein Soto did not answer questions about the allegations. Feldstein Soto thanked her office’s prosecutors for “dedicating to the rule of law and their commitment to objectively assessing the evidence and referrals received in these matters.”

The worst violent crime was handled by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, with fewer charges reviewed by the city attorney.

Feldstein Soto refused to accuse 338 protesters of arrest by University of Los Angeles and California police on both campuses on suspicion of failure to disperse, trespass and conspiracy to invade.

Her office said in a statement last month that it rejected most cases due to lack of evidence or because the university showed “failure to assist in the prosecution’s identification or other information needed.”

Her office examines nine other cases of people accused of resisting arrest, blocking, disturbing peace, assaulting, vandalism and attacking with deadly weapons. Four of the cases resulted in no charges, and three were forwarded to a city attorney hearing, which was essentially a transfer process that usually ended without the charge being filed.

This has left both people facing misdemeanor crimes linked to violence near UCLA.

A few days after some UCLA faculty and staff complained, the incident at the Case Center occurred, protest camps blocked campuses’ freedom movements and led to harassment of Jewish students. On the evening of May 1, 2024, a group of pro-Israeli protesters attacked the attack, causing chaos.

Dozens of people were involved in the violence, with video showing attackers dragging pro-Palestinian protesters to the ground, beating people with weapons, throwing objects in the camps and, in one case, scattering a reporter in the face.

Despite several people involved in the violence, Feldstein Soto only accused Edan, 19, of whom is now believed to be in Israel.

ON was first confirmed by CNN last year. Multiple videos showed him wearing a white hoodie and swinging a pipe to the demonstrators frantically on his face.

College police initially asked the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office to file a felony charge, but prosecutors, characterized by his age, rejected the minimum injury and lack of criminal record for victims, court documents show. Despite this, prosecutors handed over his case to Feldstein Soto on a misdemeanor.

Records show Feldstein Soto charged with a battery last month and showed off a deadly weapon. He will be in court in late May. On's lawyer declined to comment.

Last month, independent journalist Eric Levai published photos, allegedly displayed outside the IDF recruitment center near Tel Aviv. Levai also highlighted a Tiktok post that was allegedly shown to him from IDF fatigue.

A spokesperson for the City Attorney's Office did not answer questions about the whereabouts. IDF did not respond to multiple queries; On's attorney declined to comment on the issue. Court records show that last year, the judge successfully asked the judge to return to his Israeli passport, who was arrested after being arrested. His attorney argued in court documents that it was not a flight risk.

Records show that the second defendant, Matthew Katz, 31, was charged with assault, false imprisonment and resistance related to the arrests that took place near UCLA on April 30, 2024.

Attorney Sabrina Darwish denied the allegations against Kaz, who she called a "peaceful participant" who was demonstrating in support of the Palestinians. Davish said in an email to the Times that the allegations “lack of legal performance and evidence support.”

"Mr. Kaz was the only protester charged in the pro-Palestinian camp, resulting in more than 200 arrests last year," Davish said. "The decision to prosecute appears to be the impact of public pressure, not by the rule of law."

Pro-Palestine protesters say Feldstein Soto failed to assume the group responsible for attacking the UCLA camp. A lawsuit filed in March against UCLA and police agencies identified 20 more people, allegedly responsible for the violence.

"There is a lot of evidence that the attacks and battery of these children were carried out for more than four hours," said a UCLA camp presenter. He was identified as "Huey" just because he was worried about revenge. "The city sat down and watched these people get brutal attacks."

Last year, a man accused of attacking the camp was charged with a felony. Prosecutors accused Malachi Marlanlibrett of attacking hate crimes with deadly weapons and assaults, according to court records. A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the reasons why the prosecutor filed a hate crime. Marlanlibrett's attorney did not respond to emails seeking comments.

Noel Padilla, another man, was charged with resisting arrest and assault, records show. The two men should return to court this week. It is not clear which side of the Padilla conflict. Natalin Daldalian, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Public Defenders Office, said Padilla was awarded a pretrial transfer but declined to comment further.

After the outrage, Feldstein Soto claimed that the charges must be dismissed in hundreds of cases due to “failure to assist in identification” by campus officials.

The head of the coalition representing UCLA police department officials attacked Feldstein Soto's claim "violated falsehood" and accused her of refusing the charges for "political reasons."

Union official, UC official Wade Stern, noted that campus police provided similar evidence to protesters at UC Irvine last year, prompting Orange County prosecutors to file dozens of misdemeanor charges that failed to disperse.

Jay Sures of the University of California Regent said he had introduced him to the information provided by the city by police, accusing Feldstein Soto of neglecting evidence that clearly identifies the person suspected of wrongdoing.

"She released the blanket," Sures said, calling the decision "a tragic tragedy of justice" and sending a "terrible message" to her law enforcement partners.

Spokesperson Ivor Pine said the city attorney’s office “has received a full UCPD collaboration based on their and our available information, and we are not asking for other suggestions.”

Pine said further explaining the allegations of the loss, “there is not enough information to determine the elements of any individual’s crime.”

Judea Pearl, a computer professor and vocal supporter at UCLA, said the decision not to charge “tell students that these actions have no consequences for violating the law and university rules and they can do them again.”

"It will incite them," Pearl said.

For years, the city attorney’s office has rarely (if any) accused protesters of failing to dispel other nonviolent crimes associated with constitutionally protected demonstrations. Most arrests followed President Trump’s first election victory in 2016, following the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series victory, police murder of George Floyd and luxury celebrations.

But last year, Feldstein Soto took a more aggressive stance, proposing blocking charges against 31 Jewish protesters who blocked part of Highway 110 while calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Attorney Colleen Flynn, who represented the protesters, called the case a "obvious exception" to the standard charging policy and showed bias against "people who protested against Palestinians."

Last year, she lobbied for the concerns of LAPD officials when she personally lobbied for arresting a prominent leftist activist who claimed she had allegedly violated the residence of President Brent Wood of the U.S. Israeli Public Affairs Commission.

Records show that the video evidence did not clearly show that activist, Ricci Sergienko of the People's Council, committed a crime, the detective said.

Organizers of the campus protest last year said their goal was to convince university leaders to divest ties with weapons companies to assist Israel’s war efforts. The camp has many Jewish members, but also faces criticism from the Jewish community who say they are anti-Semitism, demonized Israel.

Hamas Health Ministry said that more than 52,000 Ganshen were killed during Israel's military campaign, and the ministry did not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Militants led by Hamas killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took about 250 hostages on October 7, 2023, attacking the latest conflict in southern Israel.

The moment the Trump administration targeted pro-Palestinian protesters on university campuses, some of the First Amendment wins celebrated Feldstein Soto's decision not to charge two cases.

Most of the people detained last year only exercised their right to protest, Amelia Jones, a faculty member and associate dean of research at the University of Southern California’s Rosky School of Arts and Design, wrote in a statement to the Times.

“As a supporter of the students, I’m excited to see this issue resolved and approved freedom of speech,” Jones said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.