Hyderabad, April 27 -- Amid escalating pro-Palestine protests at leading US universities, a video showed a female professor being thrown to the ground and then handcuffed by police officers during a protest at Emory University in Atlanta.

In a video recorded by CNN, an economics professor, Caroline Fohlin approached police officers who were holding a student down and asked "Oh my God, what are you doing?".

Fohlin urged officers to leave the student and leaned closer but did not touch them or any of the officers.

In the midst, the officer pushed her away, despite her protests, and she was forcefully thrown to the ground.

"I just hit my head on the concrete!" Fohlin yelled.

Another officer assisted in pushing her into the ground, secur...