#Opinion: On June 10, eight pro-Palestine activists — six with ties to the University of Michigan — were detained by the FBI. The federal government is charging them with eight counts of conspiracy to transmit threats in interstate and foreign commerce, one count of witness tampering and one count of destruction of property to prevent seizure. On June 12, the bond hearings for four of the defendants — Zainab Hakim, Paige Feyock, Colin Weger and Jonathan Zou — occurred in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Patti presided over the case, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Maggie Smith served as the lead courtroom prosecutor during the proceedings. At any bond hearing, the prosecution’s role is to argue that the defendants are either flight risks or a danger to the community. Smith attempted to establish that the defendants were both of these things. However, Judge Patti ultimately ruled that all four defendants should be released on a ...