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03-27-2014, 01:32 PM
It Begins: Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed in Class
http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/03/it-begins-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed-in-class.html
Bob Murphy (26 March 2014)
This is on Reason so I’m guessing it’s legit? I see no mention at MarginalRevolution but presumably that’s because Tyler Cowen is too suave to seek sympathy.
Anyway, according to Reason (http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed):
Economist, author, and George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen’s arrest. ArlNow.com reported on the incident, which took place at GMU’s Arlington, Virginia, campus this afternoon.
Obviously that’s ridiculous and of course nobody should be assaulting economists. (And for real, I’m zapping stuff in the comments that’s over the line.) But I am only half-joking when I warn my fellow economists that the public is going to come after us in a few years, right after bankers.
Economist Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed While Teaching Class at George Mason University
http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed
Elizabeth Nolan Brown (26 March 2014)
Economist, author, and George Mason University (GMU) professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen's arrest. ArlNow.com reported on the incident, which took place at GMU's Arlington, Virginia, campus this afternoon.
Police say the man entered the classroom and attempted to place the professor under a citizen’s arrest. The professor tried to get the man—described as a white male in his 20s or 30s—to leave, at which time the man pepper sprayed him and a scuffle ensued, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.
The professor did not know the man, Sternbeck said.
[...]
According to Roussey, the man entered Cowen's classroom this afternoon, jumped on a desk, said he was placing Cowen under citizen's arrest, and pepper sprayed Cowen in the face. Cowen ran, the intruder chased him, and students in the hallway caught the suspect and held him until the Arlington Police arrived and arrested him. The man wasn't a student, Arlington County police officers say, and charges are pending.
[...]
Cowen and the dozen or so students in his classroom were affected by the pepper spray but not taken to the hospital. No word yet on what motivated the intruder.
Update: Here's an account from ABC7's broadcast last night, which ever-so-slightly expands on what Roussey was tweeting out earlier. It seems Cowen was teaching a class on vigilante justice at the time of the incident, and some students assumed at first that the intruder was part of the lecture.
[news report video at link: http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed]
http://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2014/03/it-begins-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed-in-class.html
Bob Murphy (26 March 2014)
This is on Reason so I’m guessing it’s legit? I see no mention at MarginalRevolution but presumably that’s because Tyler Cowen is too suave to seek sympathy.
Anyway, according to Reason (http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed):
Economist, author, and George Mason University professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen’s arrest. ArlNow.com reported on the incident, which took place at GMU’s Arlington, Virginia, campus this afternoon.
Obviously that’s ridiculous and of course nobody should be assaulting economists. (And for real, I’m zapping stuff in the comments that’s over the line.) But I am only half-joking when I warn my fellow economists that the public is going to come after us in a few years, right after bankers.
Economist Tyler Cowen Pepper Sprayed While Teaching Class at George Mason University
http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed
Elizabeth Nolan Brown (26 March 2014)
Economist, author, and George Mason University (GMU) professor Tyler Cowen was pepper sprayed in his classroom today by a man trying to place him under citizen's arrest. ArlNow.com reported on the incident, which took place at GMU's Arlington, Virginia, campus this afternoon.
Police say the man entered the classroom and attempted to place the professor under a citizen’s arrest. The professor tried to get the man—described as a white male in his 20s or 30s—to leave, at which time the man pepper sprayed him and a scuffle ensued, according to Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.
The professor did not know the man, Sternbeck said.
[...]
According to Roussey, the man entered Cowen's classroom this afternoon, jumped on a desk, said he was placing Cowen under citizen's arrest, and pepper sprayed Cowen in the face. Cowen ran, the intruder chased him, and students in the hallway caught the suspect and held him until the Arlington Police arrived and arrested him. The man wasn't a student, Arlington County police officers say, and charges are pending.
[...]
Cowen and the dozen or so students in his classroom were affected by the pepper spray but not taken to the hospital. No word yet on what motivated the intruder.
Update: Here's an account from ABC7's broadcast last night, which ever-so-slightly expands on what Roussey was tweeting out earlier. It seems Cowen was teaching a class on vigilante justice at the time of the incident, and some students assumed at first that the intruder was part of the lecture.
[news report video at link: http://reason.com/blog/2014/03/26/gmu-economist-tyler-cowen-pepper-sprayed]