ATLANTA
A British historian says he is not satisfied with theresults of an Atlanta Police Department investigation into his arrest after ajaywalking incident while he attended a conference in the city.
The internal investigation concluded that Officer KevinLeonpacher acted appropriately when he arrested Felipe Fernandez-Armesto indowntown Atlanta six months ago.
Police spokesman Judy Pal noted that Fernandez-Armesto wasnot arrested for jaywalking.
“He was arrested for disobeying a lawful order from apolice officer,” Pal said.
Fernandez-Armesto called the investigation “profoundlyincompetent.”
“My goodwill is not inexhaustible,” he said in atelephone interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I’m not goingto let this go.”
He said he has hired an attorney and is considering legalaction, the newspaper reported in its story for its Thursday edition.
