Professor teaching class on vigilante justice is pepper-sprayed by vigilante seeking justice
Source: Raw Story
Professor teaching class on vigilante justice is pepper-sprayed by vigilante seeking justice
By Scott Kaufman
Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:52 EDT
Yesterday, George Mason economist and popular blogger Tyler Cowen was pepper-sprayed and placed under citizens arrest by an unknown white male while teaching a class on the literature of vigilante justice.
According to police, around 3 p.m. on Wednesday a man entered the classroom and attempted to place Cowen under citizens arrest. The unidentified suspect entered the seminar room, jumped on the table, declared he was making a citizens arrest, and pepper-sprayed the professor.
Cowen ran into the hallway, and the suspect followed him. Two students in the hallway immediately detained the intruder until police arrived.
Students in the class itself were slow to react, because the course in session was on law and literature, and they were in the middle of a unit about vigilante justice, so the students assumed that the arrest was part of the class.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/27/professor-teaching-class-on-vigilante-justice-is-pepper-sprayed-by-vigilante-seeking-justice/
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)There's a hyper-link in the article that goes to the 'original' story article from March 26th.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Never heard the story...thanks for posting.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)Wonder what the Professor did to warrant the "citizen's arrest" and pepper spraying by the deranged vigilante? What are we going to see next in this country, "tar and feathering"?
Ex Lurker
(3,816 posts)Maybe he pissed somebody off.
ReRe
(10,597 posts)... restaurant reviewer? Oh well, there's something to get all riled up about, huh? NOPE. The man should be held accountable for assault by the Professor AND by the university, and he should be placed on the no-gun list immediately. We think it's not safe to let our children go outside and play. Ha! It's not safe for any of us to go outside anymore!