Professor teaching class on vigilante justice is pepper-sprayed by vigilante seeking justice

[Judi Lynn]

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 citizen’s 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 citizen’s arrest. The unidentified suspect entered the seminar room, jumped on the table, declared he was making a citizen’s 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]

1. OLD NEWS. Raw Story posts rehashed old news.

There's a hyper-link in the article that goes to the 'original' story article from March 26th.

[SoapBox]

2. Not that old...

Never heard the story...thanks for posting.

[ReRe]

3. Glad the vigilante didn't have a gun...

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]

4. According to the google machine, he's also a restaurant reviewer.

Maybe he pissed somebody off.

[ReRe]

5. The Professor was a...

... 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!