Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Fairness bids me to link to the police report, which contrary to a link I previously quoted from, states that it was a uniformed police officer.

The police overreacted. But this professor does strike me as a belligerant arse. He may hold whatever opinion he wants on jaywalking, but if the law in some foreign country says you can't, than for bleeding's sake just abide by that.
Two wrongs don't make a right but sometimes they do make a hell of a story.