Local prosecutors charged a pro-Palestinian protester with assault on Wednesday but didn’t file charges against 10 other people

                                        who barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the University of Minnesota this week.

                                                The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said a 23-year-old woman was charged with fourth-degree assault and

                                                                                       was released from custody pending a future court date.

                                   She and other protesters entered Morrill Hall on Monday where they barricaded themselves inside and vandalized the building,

                           university officials said. A criminal complaint detailing the alleged assault was not immediately available on Wednesday.

                                                 Inside the building, protesters spray painted the lenses of all internal security cameras, broke interior windows and

                                          barricaded the building’s entrance and exit points, said Jake Ricker, a University of Minnesota spokesperson.

                                         Several staff members were working in the building at the time, and some were not able to leave for an extended period, Ricker said.

                                                                     Protesters said they were not blocking access to and from the building.

                                    The protesters were demanding that the university divest from Israel and repeal its political neutrality agreement.

                                The protest, like others at college campuses including earlier this year at University of Minnesota campuses, 

                                       raised issues of free speech and antisemitism as students demanded that their universities cease doing business

                                                                                with Israel or companies they said supported the war in Gaza.