Professor Fernandez-Armesto, professor of global environmental history at Queen Mary, University of London, and a member of Oxford University's modern history faculty explains how he ended up in the back of a "paddy wagon" after having his legs kicked out from under him by a police officer in Atlanta for jaywalking:
Further coverage with arrest scene photo and more video: History News Network.
Arrested, cuffed and jailed, the don caught jaywalking: The Independent.