Dozens of anti-Israel protesters were arrested Thursday in a violent confrontation with police at Emory University, including at least one professor who was seen in an online video wrestled to the ground and handcuffed. was.
In the video: Photographed by CNN But as widely shared on social media, chaos erupted on the Atlanta campus earlier in the day as police entered an improvised tent city set up by protesters.
Screams erupt from the crowd as police grab protesters from the crowd and arrest them.
At one point, a woman, reportedly identified as Emory economics professor Caroline Fallin, approached one of the arrested protesters and was grabbed by an Atlanta police officer herself and thrown to the ground, screaming. I was ordered to be taken down.
Seconds later, the officer had Fallin tied up on the grass and he stumbled for help, screaming “Oh my God!” He calls himself a professor.
As another officer joined the scuffle and helped put her hands behind her back, protesters surrounded them and began shouting insults.
“You’re Hitler! You’re mad dogs! You’re fascists! Shame on you!” a male demonstrator yelled at the police from several feet away.
Following the arrests, in which 28 people were taken into custody, University President Gregory L. Fenves said: Released a statement to the Emory community The statement was quick to deny the “highly organized outside protesters” he blamed for the violence.
“I am saddened by what happened at Emory yesterday. After days of destruction with hateful and threatening messages, these highly organized outside protesters arrived on campus in vans and set up a camp. “It was very disturbing to see them build up land and overtake the Quad,” the statement reads in part.
“We also know that some of the videos are shocking and we are horrified that members of our community had to experience and witness such interactions. The fact that a member of our community has been arrested is even more disturbing to me and I take it very seriously.”
Another short one Video taken during mass arrests shows a woman with her arms behind her back being led by an Atlanta police officer in tactical gear. She identifies herself as Noel McAfee, head of Emory University’s philosophy department.
is more than 500 protesters arrested Anti-Israel protests have erupted on campuses in recent days, involving universities from Massachusetts to California.
More than half of the arrests to date have been at New York University and Columbia University, with arrests also made at the University of Southern California, Ohio State University, Indiana University Bloomington and Emory.
