{"id":2083,"date":"2026-07-02T05:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:10:35","slug":"man-sentenced-to-1-year-in-jail-in-death-of-jewish-man-during-dueling-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2083","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 1 year in jail in death of Jewish man during dueling protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

A protester who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an elderly Jewish man during a 2023 demonstration in California over the war in Gaza was sentenced this week to one year in county jail, prosecutors said.<\/p>

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Paul Kessler, 69, fell and hit his head during a confrontation with the protester, Loay Alnaji, 53, on a street corner in Thousand Oaks near Los Angeles on Nov. 5, 2023. Kessler died the next day.<\/p>

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Alnaji was part of a pro-Palestinian group protesting over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Kessler was demonstrating in support of Israel, authorities have said.<\/p>

Alnaji called 911 and stayed at the scene after the fall, officials said.<\/p>

The Ventura County District Attorney\u2019s Office said Alnaji \u201cescalated a verbal altercation to a physical confrontation\u201d with Kessler and that Alnaji struck Kessler in the head with a megaphone.<\/p>

The prosecutor\u2019s office said it argued for a sentence in state prison and objected to the sentence of one year in county jail and two years of probation that was imposed Tuesday.<\/p>

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Alnaji pleaded guilty on May 5 to involuntary manslaughter and battery causing serious bodily injury, both felonies, as well as a special allegation of causing great bodily injury, the district attorney\u2019s office said.<\/p>

\u201cMr. Kessler lost his life in a violent attack that took him from his family and his wife of 43 years,\u201d Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko . \u201cGiven the circumstances of this case and the death that resulted, we believe a state prison commitment was the appropriate and just sentence.\u201d<\/p>

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