King County prosecutors have finally filed charges against the 33 activists arrested after occupying and vandalizing the University of Washington’s brand-new Interdisciplinary Engineering Building last spring, an incident that reportedly caused more than $1 million in damage. The building had been operational for barely a month.
But the charges weren’t felonies. Criminal trespass in the first degree—a gross misdemeanor—for each defendant.
“A million dollars in damage. Barricaded exits. Fires outside the building. And the charge is… trespass.”…