Jonathan Simon quoted in East Bay Express, March 28, 2012
Law School professor Jonathan Simon said there is a “very real concern that the stay-away orders are pretextual” and meant specifically to chill First Amendment activity…. Overall, he sees the Alameda County DA’s use of stay-aways against Occupy Cal protesters as reflective of concerns that Occupy Cal “would become an extension of a strong Occupy Oakland movement,” and is meant to serve as a “cold, calculating deterrent to students that this is what can happen if you step out of line.”