Arrested Emory Prof. Caroline Fohlin Admits Hitting A Cop During Arrest of Student

Jeez, these people...

   First, I've gotta admit, the first thing that struck me about this clip when it hit the news was the absurdity of Fohlin repeatedly yelling "I'm a professor!"...as if that gave her some sort of immunity to arrest. I guess that sort of delusion might be a consequence of getting a plum gig at a place like Emory...

   But, second: she ended up on the ground because she was resisting arrest. She was squealing about being put on the ground--and, honestly, she's probably never been knocked down in her life. But she wouldn't have ended up there if she didn't resist arrest.

  Third: she admitted that she hit a cop on the head--"very lightly"--to interfere with his arrest of a student. 

  So: resisting arrest for interfering with the arrest of another person who was resisting arrest...

  I'm sympathetic to the view that American cops have gone a bit too far with the use of nonlethal force. Though I don't know enough to really deserve an opinion on it, to be honest. But in this case the use of force seems justified, and the degree of force plausibly appropriate. Obivously I could be wrong.