Felony prices for glitter bombing Harvard president
Animal rights activist Brittany Drake, who dumped glitter on Harvard College president Alan Garber at an alumni day occasion in Might to protest Harvard analysis practices, appeared final week in courtroom, the place she faces three felony prices for the incident, The Boston Globe reported.
Drake, who pleaded not responsible throughout her preliminary arraignment in June, is charged with assault and battery on an individual over the age of 60 and two counts of malicious destruction of property over $1,200, in line with the newspaper. Drake was additionally charged with three misdemeanors for the Might 31 alumni day incident: disturbing a public meeting, trespassing and disturbing the peace.
Video of the incident exhibits Drake approaching Garber as he begins to talk, then dumping a container of glitter on Garber whereas saying, “For the child monkeys” and “For the animals within the labs.” The digicam briefly cuts away to the gang as Garber says, “That’s high quality, I can use somewhat glitter.” Coated in gold sparkles, he can quickly be seen saying, “I hope that Harvard will at all times proceed to be a spot the place speech, free speech, continues to thrive.”
Garber, then serving as interim, formally grew to become Harvard’s thirty first president final week.
Drake, a supporter of Folks for the Moral Therapy of Animals, was protesting experiments on primates carried out by Martha Livingstone, Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, in line with PETA. Harvard has beforehand accused PETA of publishing deceptive details about Livingstone’s lab.
Dumping glitter emerged as a type of protest often called glitter bombing within the early 2010s. The apply has largely focused conservative politicians, usually those that oppose LGBTQIA+ rights.
