Dozens of anti-Israel protesters were arrested at Emory University Thursday in a violent clash with cops, including at least one professor seen being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed in an online video.
In the video, filmed by CNN but widely circulated on social media, chaos unfolds on the Atlanta campus as officers move in on the impromptu tent city erected by demonstrators early that morning.
A chorus of screams goes up from the crowd as officers snatch demonstrators from the crowd and place them under arrest.
At one point a woman, identified by reports as Emory economics professor Caroline Fohlin, approaches one of the protesters being arrested before she herself is grabbed and loudly ordered to the ground by an Atlanta cop.
Seconds later, the officer wrestles Fohlin to the grass, calling for assistance as she flails and screams, “Oh my god!” while identifying herself as a professor.
As another officer joins the melee and helps get her hands behind her back, protesters encircle them and start shouting insults.
“You are Hitler! You are rabid dogs! You are fascists! Shame on You!” a male demonstrator screamed at the cops from a few feet away.
In the wake of the arrests, during which 28 people were taken into custody, university president Gregory L. Fenves issued a statement to the Emory community that swiftly disavowed the “highly organized outside protesters” whom he blamed for the violence.
“I am saddened by what took place at Emory yesterday. To watch these highly organized, outside protestors (sic) arrive on campus in vans, construct an encampment, and overtake the Quad just days after it was vandalized with hateful and threatening messages was deeply disturbing,” the statement reads in part.
“I also know that some of the videos are shocking, and I am horrified that members of our community had to experience and witness such interactions. The fact that members of our community were arrested upsets me even more and is something that I take very seriously.”
Another, shorter video taken during the mass arrest shows a woman with her arms behind her back being led by an Atlanta cop in tactical gear. She identifies herself as Noelle McAfee, chair of the philosophy department at Emory.
More than 500 protesters have been arrested in the campus anti-Israel protests which have gripped universities from Massachusetts to California in recent days.
More than half of the arrests made so far were at NYU and Columbia, with additional busts taking place at the University of Southern California, The Ohio State University, Indiana University Bloomington and Emory.
