Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim Bharmal, dressed in suits, stood quietly near the front of a district courtroom in Brighton as they were arraigned on charges of assault and battery and a civil-rights violation.

A new independent report is slamming UCLA's response to pro-Palestinian protests at the university earlier this year, criticizing what it calls a chaotic decision-making process and poor communication amongst the administration and campus leaders.

UCLA’s administration suffered from “institutional paralysis” and “an inability to effectively respond and protect students from violence” when protesters clashed on campus this spring, according to a scathing independent report.