{"id":13308,"date":"2026-03-11T16:38:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=13308"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:38:35","slug":"el-tribunal-municipal-de-toledo-sobre-manifestantes-en-el-edificio-de-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/el-tribunal-municipal-de-toledo-sobre-manifestantes-en-el-edificio-de-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"El Tribunal Municipal de Toledo sobre Manifestantes en el\u00a0Edificio de Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Toledo Municipal Court Hearing on Ohio Building Protesters<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Dr. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ohio Building protesters, including the President of Veterans for Peace, Mike Ferner, and organizers of the NW Ohio Peace Coalition, were arrested on October 3, 2025, for using crime scene tape to block the entrance of Senator Jon Husted\u2019s downtown Toledo office. Although approximately 30 people were present for the protest, the defendants: Steve Masternak, Susan Kuehn, Al Compaan, Nancy Larson, and Mike Ferner refused to move after warnings from law enforcement. This refusal led to their arrest for \u201cdisorderly conduct\/hindrance\/prevent movement\u201d (11 ORC 2917.11A4). The protesters are calling on Senator Jon Husted to do more to stop the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n

The goal of the protest is to increase awareness about the inhumane and unjust war in Gaza. The protesters are asking Husted to stand up for Phil Tottenham, a Toledo resident & veteran who was held in an Israeli prison for helping to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and to help with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The protesters\u2019 message is to wake the American people up and to motivate us to not be complicit, by being silent, about wars and the harm they cause. More importantly, their message goes out to each and everyone of our elected officials, who are complicit and breaking the law daily by sending taxpayer money to Israel to use against the civilian population. Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing thousands of people and taking hundreds more as hostages.<\/p>\n

The Toledo Municipal Court hearing for the protesters arrested was held on March 4, 2026. La Prensa, Inc. was not allowed into the courtroom during the jury selection; however, we did receive comments from Mike Ferner, who stated that \u201cDuring jury selection, one of the questions the attorney for the protesters, Terry Lodge, asked of the pool of 35 people selected for jury was: How many of them had ever participated in a political protest? About a dozen people raised their hands, most of whom had been to a \u2018No Kings\u2019 rally\/protest.\u201d The trial lasted from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm, with two hours of jury deliberations.\u00a0The City’s case consisted largely of bodycam footage from the day of the Ohio Building protest that showed the protesters clearly explaining to the police why they were protesting and their intent to stay.<\/p>\n

According to Mike Ferner, \u201call the defendants responded to questions on the stand as best they could, expecting to be overruled if they mentioned anything about why they protested.\u201d They talked about having Palestinian friends in Toledo who had many family members killed, how the war criminals are in Congress, and the administration should be the ones arrested for starving people and attacking health care systems. \u201cThis all added up,\u201d according to Mike Ferner, \u201cto the jury being given a good understanding of why we protested and the depth of our concern and commitment.\u00a0They filled the rest of the blanks in with their own compassion and humanity, overruling the court’s instructions to consider only the charge of disorderly conduct and nothing about our motivations.\u201d After a long day in court, the jury could not reach a \u201cunanimous\u201d verdict to convict or acquit.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Susan Kuehn & Mike Ferner<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>El Tribunal Municipal de Toledo sobre Manifestantes en el\u00a0<\/strong>Edificio de Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Por la Dra. Linda Alvarado-Arce<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manifestantes del Ohio Building, incluidos el presidente de Veterans for Peace, Mike Ferner, y los organizadores de la NW Ohio Peace Coalition, fueron arrestados el 3 de octubre de 2025 por usar cinta de una escena del crimen para bloquear la entrada de la oficina del senador Jon Husted en el centro de Toledo. Aunque aproximadamente 30 personas estuvieron presentes en la protesta, los acusados: Steve Masternak, Susan Kuehn, Al Compaan, Nancy Larson y Mike Ferner se negaron a moverse tras las advertencias de las autoridades. Esto llev\u00f3 a su arresto por “conducta desordenada\/obst\u00e1culo\/impedir el movimiento” (11 ORC 2917.11A4). Los manifestantes piden al senador Jon Husted que haga m\u00e1s para detener la guerra en Gaza.<\/p>\n

El objetivo de la protesta es aumentar la conciencia sobre la guerra inhumana e injusta en Gaza. Los manifestantes piden a Husted que defienda a Phil Tottenham, un residente y veterano de Toledo que estuvo recluido en una prisi\u00f3n israel\u00ed por ayudar a enviar ayuda humanitaria a Gaza y por ayudar con la crisis humanitaria en Gaza. El mensaje de los manifestantes es despertar al pueblo estadounidense y motivarnos a no ser c\u00f3mplices, guardando silencio, sobre las guerras y el da\u00f1o que causan. M\u00e1s importante a\u00fan, su mensaje llega a todos y cada uno de nuestros representantes electos, que son c\u00f3mplices y infringen la ley a diario al enviar dinero de los contribuyentes a Israel para usarlo contra la poblaci\u00f3n civil. Ham\u00e1s atac\u00f3 a Israel el 7 de octubre de 2023, matando a miles de personas y tomando a cientos m\u00e1s como rehenes.<\/p>\n

El Tribunal Municipal de Toledo para los manifestantes arrestados fue el 4 de marzo de 2026. La Prensa, Inc. no pudo entrar en la sala durante la selecci\u00f3n del jurado; sin embargo, s\u00ed recibimos comentarios de Mike Ferner, quien afirm\u00f3 que “Durante la selecci\u00f3n del jurado, una de las preguntas que el abogado de los manifestantes, Terry Lodge, hizo al grupo de 35 personas seleccionadas para el jurado fue: \u00bfCu\u00e1ntos de ellos hab\u00edan participado alguna vez en una protesta pol\u00edtica? Unas doce personas levantaron la mano, la mayor\u00eda de las cuales hab\u00edan asistido a una manifestaci\u00f3n\/protesta ‘No Kings’.” El juicio dur\u00f3 de 8:30 a 18:30, con dos horas de deliberaciones del jurado.\u00a0El caso de la ciudad consisti\u00f3 principalmente en im\u00e1genes de c\u00e1maras de la polic\u00eda el d\u00eda de la protesta en el Edificio Ohio que mostraban a los manifestantes explicando claramente a la polic\u00eda por qu\u00e9 protestaban y su intenci\u00f3n de quedarse.<\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan Mike Ferner, “todos los acusados respondieron a las preguntas lo mejor que pudieron, esperando ser revocados si mencionaban algo sobre por qu\u00e9 protestaron.” Hablaron de tener amigos palestinos en Toledo que tuvieron muchos familiares asesinados, de c\u00f3mo los criminales de guerra est\u00e1n en el Congreso y deber\u00edan ser arrestados por matar de hambre a la gente y atacar sistemas sanitarios. “Todo esto sumaba,” seg\u00fan Mike Ferner, “a que el jurado entendiera bien por qu\u00e9 protestamos y la profundidad de nuestra preocupaci\u00f3n y compromiso.\u00a0Rellenaron el resto de los vac\u00edos con su propia compasi\u00f3n y humanidad, anulando las instrucciones del tribunal de considerar solo el cargo de alteraci\u00f3n del orden p\u00fablico y nada sobre nuestras motivaciones.” Tras un largo d\u00eda en el tribunal, el jurado no pudo llegar a un veredicto “un\u00e1nime” para condenar o absolver.<\/p>\n

Foto cortes\u00eda de Susan Kuehn y Mike Ferner<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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