The State : Kidnapers’ Parole Denied

A visiting Chinese scholar will not be charged with resisting arrest by University of California, Berkeley, police who mistook him for a Peeping Tom, Alameda County officials said. Dismissal of the misdemeanor charges against Li Xizhi, 43, followed a strong protest by China and an apology by the U.S. State Department. Li was taken into custody Nov. 18 because officers thought he looked like a man who had been peeking into campus restrooms. Another suspect was later captured. Officers said Li kicked and spat at them and tore up a fingerprint card. Li, who speaks little English, said he initially thought he was being robbed.