Black Christian student sues UCLA for racial discrimination, alleging ‘White liberals’ blocked him from campus. The lawsuit claims unfair treatment and exclusion based on race and beliefs.
Milagro Jones, an African American and Christian student at UCLA, has filed a lawsuit against the university, alleging racial discrimination and negligence. According to court documents, Jones was blocked from entering certain parts of the campus by anti-Israel protesters who mistook his African American identity for Israeli.
In an interview, Jones recounted the incident, stating, “It was a violent encampment. It was an antisemitic encampment, and I was a victim of what they had going on.” He added, “And there were many other victims… The only difference is… I took it upon myself to record a lot of it, and that is why they got angry enough to smash my phone down on the steps, because they understood that by me recording, by me being a First Amendment auditor of what they were doing, I exposed them, and they did not like that.”
The lawsuit alleges that the anti-Israel encampment targeted Jones because of his race, mistaking him for an “Israeli agitator.” The lawsuit states, “The problem here for these [defendants] was that the Plaintiff was none of these things. He was a student who was denied access to public space.”
“It was a violent encampment. It was an antisemitic encampment, and I was a victim of what they had going on,” Milagro Jones told in the interview.
Jones, who was previously pro-Palestinian, stated that he has come to consider the movement antisemitic. “I was lied to,” he said. “When I was introduced to the Free Palestine movement… we thought it was something that it wasn’t. It’s really about… wanting to get rid of Israel as a sovereign nation, wanting to get rid of America as a sovereign nation.” He added, “When that came to light, I understood that all I could understand was supporting my nation, America, and my ally Israel. And at the end of the day, I do not support Hamas. I do not support terrorism.”
The lawsuit also alleges that UCLA failed to enforce its policies by allowing the encampment to remain for days, leading to the alleged incident with Jones. Therefore, the university, the lawsuit argues, had culpability in the matter. It accused UCLA of causing the event “as a direct and proximate result of Defendant University’s negligence and breach of its duty of care to provide a safe and sane environment.”
The “Campus Terrorists” and the individual defendants “aimed to sow division through disruptive and chaotic actions on the university campus,” the lawsuit said, by disrupting classes, taking over buildings, and intimidating Jewish students, faculty, and anyone they considered an “agitator.”
The encampment began during the spring 2024 semester, when anti-Israel students staged an illegal encampment on campus, allowing them to flagrantly violate UCLA rules and California laws, the suit alleged. “For days, the unlawful encampment’s checkpoints illegally denied students access to campus buildings,” the lawsuit said. “Jewish students and those perceived to be pro-Israel were attacked, harassed, and intimidated for walking on their own campus, and all UCLA students were denied a safe and uninterrupted learning environment.”
UCLA released a statement to Fox News Digital, saying, “UCLA remains committed to supporting the safety and wellbeing of the entire Bruin community and we will respond to this filing in due course.”
