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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

BITCH ON WHEELS


Professor Jane Dolkart, who, when not running down bicyclists on campus with her car, is a professor of law at Southern Methodist University, has been convicted of aggravated assault and could go to prison for up to twenty years.

Professor Dolkart is a repeat offender, having a couple of years ago “struck two SMU second-year law students as they crossed Hillcrest Avenue near the university campus. Ms Dolkart told police that she had not seen the pedestrians because the sun was in her eyes. A police report ruled that the sun would not have blocked her view of the pedestrians and that she had failed to check the crosswalk.”

But what finally did Dolkart in was her more recent strike- drag- and flee at SMU.

Nobody got killed - just bruised and scared to death - and Professor Dolkart doesn‘t understand why her mere “tapping” of the cyclist in the latest incident amounts to anything to get upset about. Why must cyclists ride so slowly? And right in front of cars?

And the way the police frisked her after the event -- she was humiliated, traumatized…




There’s a fun online chat about this at a law student’s blog, Buffalo Wings and Vodka. One of the chatters is a Dolkart student:



' My Civ Pro prof got arrested Sunday for aggravated assault. Who said law professors have boring lives? SMU should make that a slogan--SMU: Our Profs Can Beat Up Your Profs


Final Exam: Get me the hell out of jail!


I read the story about the SMU prof on dallasnews.com yesterday. The columnist was practically giddy that a lawyer was running over another lawyer. The witness claimed that she(?) could hear Dolkart screaming at the cyclist with her windows rolled up. This must be the talk of the campus over there.


Apparently someone was walking around in the library last night in a shirt that said "Free Jane Dolkart." Shame I had no finals today, but I'll be proctoring tomorrow so I'll get to see what everyone's saying.


Whoa--looks like Prof. Dolkart has a history of running people over in her car ...
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