UCLA Attackers Charged By District Attorney Gascon

City of Los Angeles court records show that in August, charges were quietly filed against two men who attacked pro-Palestine activists last April at UCLA.

According to those documents, Malachi Joshua Marlan-Librett, 27, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and hate crimes.

Eyal Shalom, 23, is charged with the unlawful use of tear gas.

Edan On was previously charged with assault with a deadly weapon, but that case was later transferred to the City Attorney’s office for misdemeanor consideration.

The District Attorney’s office has also stated that a fourth man, Noel Padilla, has been charged with battery on a police officer. Notably, the District Attorney’s office does not clarify if Padilla is an activist or counterprotestor.

A statement posted late Friday by UCLA’s student body president confirmed that two additional individuals also have active arrest warrants out. The District Attorney declined to provide more information on their names. UCLA’s president also advised the U.S. Attorney’s office is reviewing another case, but no further information is publicly available.

On the same day this story was published, researcher William Gude, better known as @FilmThePoliceLA, received a notification letter from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office detailing Marlin Librett’s charges. As a researcher who documented the entire attack on student activists at UCLA, Gude’s footage has played a critical role in a still-ongoing investigation.

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Much about these cases remains a mystery. No public announcement was made by the District Attorney’s office, despite the fact that the charges were filed in August. This newsletter only located Marlan-Librett and Shalom’s criminal cases after manually searching public records. The District Attorney declined to explain why no statement was made.

Marlan-Librett was also identified in a CNN article in May of this year. Journalists also investigated Shalom, but referred to him using the nickname #UCLAMaroonHoodie. This is a common practice amongst open-source intelligence investigators, who often utilize them to keep track of still-unknown individuals.