Someone needs to do a wellness check on
Full video shows the chaotic arrest of Emory Professor Caroline Fohlin as she resisted as officers tried to arrest her while shouting “I’m a professor. I’m a professor of Economics.” pic.twitter.com/nzV8nFNi6q
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 26, 2024
Fohlin was eventually booked and charged with simple battery of a police officer. That led to an outcry from far-left activists claiming she hadn’t done anything wrong and had been arrested for “free speech.”
i smell lawsuit
punishment of officers would be nice but maybe wishful thinking
— Ukraine Victory #NafoFella (@uavictory22) April 26, 2024
I regret to inform the pro-terror simps that there’s not going to be a lawsuit. Another video has been released of her being escorted away by police. In it, you can hear Fohlin admit she hit a police officer and tried to interfere in an arrest. “De-arresting” has become a common tactic at these protests, with activists attempting to stop police from doing their jobs.
Here’s that Professor of Economics who was arrested at Emory university and everyone seems to think is some poor victim of police repression. Caroline Fohlin ADMITS she hit a police officer on the head. Even professors are not allowed to assault cops. Yes, even professors. pic.twitter.com/YK5TrZokPD
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) April 27, 2024
FOHLIN: I possibly hit him on the head very lightly to get his attention, and they grabbed me, threw me to the ground, and arrested me.
Legal ramifications aside, the fact that she thinks she has the right to hit an officer “on the head very lightly to get his attention” is stunning. That’s not how any of this works. Being a professor doesn’t protect someone from arrest if they commit assault. She was also asked repeatedly to get on the ground voluntarily before she was made to do so with force. After she physically struck an officer, that would be the time to just comply.
These academics live in a bubble of tenure rules and no consequences. The real world doesn’t care about any of that stuff. Fohlin is learning that the hard way, and for good reason.