Numerous anti-Israel protesters who occupied a building at Columbia University in April will not be charged.
On Thursday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced he would drop charges against 31 students and staff members.
The 31 students and staff members attended or were employed by Columbia University, Barnard or Union Theological Seminary, according to NBC News.
The 46 protesters were arrested on April 30, hours after they barricaded themselves in the Hamilton Hall building located at the university.
The students and staff members were charged with trespassing in the third degree for occupying the academic building.
According to Reuters, prosecutor for the Manhattan DA Stephen Millan said there was insufficient evidence against the occupiers.
Millan said there was no evidence of the defendants damaging property or injuring anyone as they wore masks and covered cameras.
