US Professor Caroline Fohlin was held to the ground and handcuffed by Georgia police during a pro Palestine protest at Emory University in Atlanta

Amid ongoing protests against the Israel-Hamas conflict, a pro-Palestine demonstration at Emory University in Atlanta saw Georgia state police resorting to excessive force.

Video footage, shared by CNN, captured the moment when economics professor Caroline Fohlin attempted to intervene as officers arrested a protester.

In the video, Fohlin questions the officers’ actions, only to be forcefully pushed to the ground by one of them. Despite her protests and assertion of her profession, she was handcuffed with zip-ties, with another officer applying pressure to keep her down.

This incident adds to a series of protests across major US universities, including Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale, with tensions escalating after over 100 arrests at Columbia University. Protest organizers have condemned the police’s actions, labeling them as “terrorism.”