Alien Lawbreaker Arrested

(Atlanta, Georgia) It's about time that law enforcers put these academic-types in their places. A Tufts University history professor from Britain, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, didn't realize that jaywalking was prohibited.

From Boston.com:

[T]he situation grew more tense when he did not immediately realize it was a police officer who was questioning him.

"When I questioned who he was he said something to the effect of 'When I give you an order, you obey it,'" Fernandez-Armesto said. "I asked him what his authority was because I didn't see a badge. Where I'm from, you don't associate young gentlemen in bomber jackets with the police. But he was extremely upset I had questioned his bona fides."

Fernandez-Armesto, 56, said he was unable to produce proper identification because he had left his green card in his hotel room.

At that point, he says the officer lost patience, kicked his legs from under him and held him down. Two other officers helped hold him down as he was arrested.

And rightly so. Atlanta police don't cotton to having limey book jockeys coming to Georgia and arrogantly breaking the law. Afterward, Fernandez-Armesto appeared in court and threw himself at the mercy of the judge. Lucky for him it wasn't the hanging judge. Charges were dismissed.

It's just another example of an alien national entering the U.S., breaking the law and getting off.