Emory College economics professor Caroline Fohlin went viral this week with video of her arrest as police cleared an unlawful campus ‘occupy’ protest by Hamas supporters Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia. The stunning video of the feminine professor being forcibly taken to the bottom by a police officer who wanted a second officer to manage the resisting Fohlin after which her hitting her head on the sidewalk was reposted and seen tens of millions of instances worldwide.
Fohlin was certainly one of two professors arrested on the protest Thursday. The opposite was Noëlle McAfee, the chair of Emory’s philosophy division.
Fohlin is married to Emory’s Dean of Admission, John F. Latting (He/Him/His).
Fohlin appeared in courtroom on Friday the place she was freed on $50 bond. Fohlin’s legal professional Gregory Clement issued a press release Friday after her launch stating she was not a protester and denying the costs in opposition to her, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (scroll down) (excerpt):
All 23 folks arrested at Thursday’s protest at Emory have been launched from the Dekalb County Jail, information present.
Defendants had been launched on bond by 6:25 p.m., with all of them besides two being launched on signature bonds, that are cashless bonds often used for minor or nonviolent offenses. Bonds had been granted to the defendants Friday in Justice of the Peace courtroom.
Among the many first to be launched Friday afternoon was Emory economics professor Caroline Fohlin, who’s a tenured professor on the college. Fohlin was granted a $50 bond on a cost of straightforward battery in opposition to a police officer and disorderly conduct. Her arrest was caught on digital camera and went viral on social media.
“Caroline Fohlin was not a protester at Emory on April 25,” her legal professional Gregory Clement mentioned. “She emerged from her office, concerned only about the treatment of students on the quad. She looks forward to vigorously defending the accusations against her in court.”
Video clip of Fohlin admitting to hitting a police officer, “I impulsively hit him on the head very lightly to get his attention and they grabbed me and threw me to the ground and arrested me.”
Right here’s that Professor of Economics who was arrested at Emory college and everybody appears to assume is a few poor sufferer of police repression. Caroline Fohlin ADMITS she hit a police officer on the top. Even professors aren’t allowed to assault cops. Sure, even professors. pic.twitter.com/YK5TrZokPD
— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) April 27, 2024
Video clip of the arrest. Fohlin repeatedly cries out, “I am a professor!” Posted with video of McAfee being detained:
One other stunning arrest @EmoryUniversity of Caroline Fohlin, professor of economics and #Hamas supporter. The take down as she frantically screams “I’M A PROFESSOR!!!” is simply 💅🏼 pic.twitter.com/wOAOsrm8MD
— Michal/Michele -מיכל✡️ 🟦 (@MichalSabra) April 26, 2024
Longer video posted by Atlanta Information First of the arrest and Fohlin’s on digital camera admission. Fohlin mentioned she was involved for the security of a protester who was being arrested, claiming she noticed the officer’s knee on his neck and was attempting get the officer’s consideration. Fohlin requested the particular person recording her detention to name her husband John to assist her.
Professor McAfee spoke to WXIA-TV about her arrest (excerpt):
Noëlle McAfee, the chair of the Emory Philosophy Division, spoke to 11Alive’s Brittany Kleinpeter about her arrest that, within the final 24 hours, has been broadcast worldwide.
She mentioned she first noticed a younger protester thrown to the bottom by officers, who had been “pummeling them, just pummeling and pummeling.”
“The mother in me said ‘stop. Stop.’ And I made sure to stand four feet away from them, standing still, nonconfrontational, I said, ‘stop’ — one of the cops stood up and got right in front of me and said, ‘Ma’am, you need to step back, you need to step back,’” McAfee, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, mentioned. “And I was watching them pummel somebody, I said, ‘no.’ And they arrested me.”
In feedback to the Journal-Constitution (scroll down), McAfee slammed the Atlanta police (excerpt):
Noelle McAfee, chair of Emory College’s philosophy division, mentioned she’s been involved for the previous 12 months about Emory “clamping down on student dissent and spaces for expressing their ideas.” McAfee was detained after a Thursday protest and ticketed, however she was not booked into the DeKalb County jail.
She mentioned the response to current demonstrations by the college delegitimized and dismissed scholar voices, noting the characterization that protestors had been exterior actors and antisemitic.
“Calling in the Atlanta police is escalating things. Those are the true outside agitators,” she mentioned.
A small peaceable, protest was reportedly held Saturday at Emory with no arrests.
