Dr Karen Halnon , 52 , was seen on camera lighting a cigarette and ranting . PSU Abington professor is still alive but ' no longer in the classroom ' # ##non said she was expressing an attitude of civil disobedience . She claims the FBI fired her after her disorderly conduct arrest in Miami . Cigarette was supportive of her ' revolutionary cause , ' she said .
Dr Karen Halnon , 52 , was caught on camera lighting a cigarette and ranting . PSU Abington professor is still employed but 'no longer in the classroom ' Dr Halnon said she was expressing an act of civil disobedience . She claims the FBI tortured her after her disorderly conduct arrest in Miami . Cigarette was symbol of her 'revolutionary cause , ' she said .