UT-Austin student sues over arrest during pro-Palestinian demonstrations
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A University of Texas at Austin student has sued the university, President Jay Hartzell and Vice President and Provost Sharon Wood, claiming that the university violated his First Amendment rights when he was arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on campus this spring. Ammer Qaddumi filed the lawsuit in U.S. federal court Tuesday, which was first reported by KXAN.
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