ASU Professor's Brutal Arrest: When Minor Offenses Lead to Major
Abuse  On May 20, Dr. Ersula Ore, an English professor at
Arizona State University was stopped in the middle of the street
by ASU Police Officer Stewart Ferrin for obstructing a public
thoroughfare—jaywalking. When Ferrin asked for her
identification, she refused to provide it, having been warned
she faced arrest for not presenting it. Ore resisted arrest,
dented and scratched a police vehicle, and kicked the arresting
officer in the shin. She was arrested and is being charged with
a class five felony aggravated assault and two misdemeanors. She
has claimed that she was acting in self defense, and the story
appeared to end there.  But footage released this weekend shows
that the altercation went down very differently than described.
In the dash camera video, Ore, whose only threat was walking
across a street to avoid construction on the sidewalk, clearly
attempts to reason with the police officer, but is met with
disregard which escalated into v