Ibrahim Bharmal was one of several Harvard students captured on video allegedly harassing Jewish students at the school in November.
A Harvard Law School student charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly harassing his Jewish classmates is now working for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Jewish students at the school in November. A crowd of anti-Israel demonstrators chanted “exit” and “shame” repeatedly at various students, who responded with comments like “I live here,” “don’t touch my neck” and “don’t grab me.
Bharmel is the co-president of the Harvard South Asian Law Students, a student group that signed a statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee blaming Israel for the terrorist organization Hamas’s war crimes. He is now facing misdemeanor assault and battery charges related to the incident, which carries a sentence of up to 100 days in prison. That apparently did not prevent him from landing an immigration law clerkship with PDS,to its website. The position allows student the opportunity to “interview incarcerated and institutionalized clients,” “represent juveniles and adults in institutional disciplinary hearings” and “respond to inmate letter requests for legal assistance.
Bharmal’s attorney did not respond to a request for comment from The National Desk as to whether PDS was aware of the outstanding charges against him at the time he was accepted to the position.to The National Desk she is concerned by Harvard's decision to limit the issues it speaks about, saying the new policy is "murky" and doesn't aid its alleged failure to condemn campus antisemitism.Jackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news.
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