British historian, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, was arrested, pinned to the pavement by five police officers, handcuffed and kept in a cell for eight hours in Atlanta for trying to cross the road. Three memorable quotes came out of the incident. Fernando-Armesto’s wife commented, ‘I suppose he was lucky they didn’t shoot him.’
After he was released from custody, Fernandez-Armesto said, ‘As an ageing member of the bourgeoisie, I found it quite educational.’
But perhaps the best one came from the arresting officer, Kevin Leonpacher, who insisted: ‘I used an excessive amount of discretion.’
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