Biography
Michael Zweig, a Stony Brook economics professor, was jailed for refusing to answer grand-jury questions about students during a campus drug investigation. Faculty and students organized support for his refusal.
Individually reported May Day arrest, duration unresolved
The May 4, 1971 Statesman individually lists Michael Zweig among thirty-three people from Stony Brook reported arrested in Washington, D.C., by 6 p.m. Monday, May 3, during the anti-war road-blocking demonstrations. The article describes mass confinement at the RFK stadium field and D.C. jails, but does not identify this person’s precise holding location, release time, charges or final duration. Conflicting and unconfirmed reports about camp feeding and tear gas remain group allegations, not verified individual experiences. This separate reported arrest is not a continuation of the older Stony Brook case; no multi-day served counter or invented discharge is added.
Statesman, Stony Brook, volume14 no.48, May4,1971, original page1.
The front-page report says Zweig was sentenced Tuesday to ten days and $200 and remained jailed for refusing grand-jury questions about students during the campus drug investigation. The faculty senate unanimously supported ending legal action and the university covering legal expenses. The nominal ten days are not proven completed service, and no discharge is supplied.
