Prosecutors need to 'actually act' on college protesters, former Purdue president warns

Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, also a former president of Purdue University, weighed in on the anti-Israel protests seen at college and university campuses across the nation. 

In an interview on "America's Newsroom," Daniels said that prosecutors must enforce the law against agitators who have been arrested after setting up unlawful encampments at these schools.

"You need prosecutors who will actually act," Daniels said. 

Daniels took an optimistic view of the protest movement, saying it has been "clarifying" to families on which schools will protect their kids and to Jewish Americans on "where the real hate and most dangerous and virulent antisemitism is located in this country." 

"And it is, I hope, clarifying to students, those involved and those watching, that there are consequences for violating clear rules and clear, particularly criminal laws. So follow through will be very important, including prosecutors in some jurisdictions who've been declining to prosecute even worse offenses. And we're going to see which ones do and which ones don't."