HNN: Historian's Arrest for Jaywalking (Part 2)

On Thursday January 4, 2007 historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto was arrested by Atlanta police as he crossed the middle of the street between the Hilton and Hyatt hotels. After being thrown on the ground and handcuffed, the former Oxford don and now a professor at Tufts was formally arrested and thrown in jail. He remained incarcerated for eight hours until finally prosecutors let him go. He was in Atlanta to attend the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

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[rezma90]

ok i admit my previous comment was hasty.i have nothing against the guy. i dont know him. i shouldnt pass judgement. and the big words thing i suppose he is a professor and his choice of lexis would be more complex and come naturally to him. my original arguement was weak and unfounded. there we go.

[66SIX]

I am watching this as I am also guilty of the crime of jaywalking , in Las Vegas , My court apperance is friday the 13 th of April ,The officer told me I should be glad he didn't put handcuffs on me .Well I am still pissed off about this whole ordeal . Great Video

[technoshitor]

police state alex jones, good documentary about Americas system

[Saiseichan]

this man wrote the textbook my ap world class uses. we rejoiced when we heard about this, lol. (in our defense, he pushes his opinion on you, and we have to take notes over it which just makes it miserable)

[Dave985033]

Historians like to say that George Bush will go down in history as a great man. Not pointing out the fact that you need to include Dick Cheney and then include the 1000s of deaths in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and the economic disaster. Also, to point out how stupid historians are, they don't even mention the fact that "things get better over time" no matter what the heck a President or someone does...eventually it should get better. If not, you are looking at the Middle Ages repeated.

[Davidthe29directors]

Professor Fernandez-Armesto was one of my best lecturers

[cw5235]

Quit whining and get on with life. Next time use the cross-walk oh educated one!

[66SIX]

I am watching this as I am also guilty of the crime of jaywalking , in Las Vegas , My court apperance is friday the 13 th of April ,The officer told me I should be glad he didn't put handcuffs on me .Well I am still pissed off  about this whole ordeal . Great Video

[mikoism]

this is a mess

[fishbone3082]

LAND OF THE FREE??  WHERE YOU CANT EVEN CROSS THE ROAD WHERE YOU LIKE??

these laws are createwd to put YOUR details on their computer... a totalitarian state if you ask me

[vanessa4144]

That's very generous of you, rezma90. I didn't mean to sound irate. I was just so taken aback by what had happened to this poor man. I once had a chance to interview him for a newspaper, and turned it down because I just knew I would embarrass myself. Thank you for responding.