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The Columbus City Attorney's office dropped ethnic intimidation charges against two women who protested at an Ohio State University Jewish center last November.

Oumaima Amri, 21 and Lena Ahmao Shabeneh, 19, were charged with misdemeanor ethnic intimidation, theft, criminal trespass and criminal mischief. If convicted, the two women face up to 180 days in jail and $2,000 in fines.

This weekend's mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, which left 11 dead and several others injured, spurred Jewish leaders in Central Ohio to step up…