Mizzou Prof Charged With Assault For Incident During Protests

MU started tenure proceedings with Click in September and Foley stated her employment status would not be decided before that is complete, The Columbia Missourian reported. Click faces a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by up to 15 days in jail and a $300 fine.

The protests were laid out as a reaction following the resignation of the president of the University of Missouri and Columbia campus’ chancellor, which were believed to be results of racial issues.

Although Click issued a written apology after the incident and resigned a courtesy appointment with the university’s journalism school, she remains an assistant professor in the communications department. When Schierbecker replied he didn’t have to leave the area, Click shoved him and grabbed at his camera.

Ben Trachtenberg, an associate law professor who chairs the Columbia campus’ Faculty Council on University Policy, questioned the appropriateness of Click being charged. This is also something attracting some attention on social media. “While the University of Missouri seems to have no accountability the judicial system in Missouri does”, said Jones.

Click could not be immediately reached for comment Monday morning.

But on Monday, after the charge was announced, interim chancellor Hank Foley broke the university’s silence on the matter. He expressed confidence that Click does not pose a danger to any student, but added that as the case moves forward it could “become an awkward and odd situation” for the classroom.

When asked whether Click could be terminated before her tenure is decided, Foley’s response was decisive, he said, “No, not going to happen”.

Click was charged with misdemeanor assault Monday.

“Look, I’m a former prosecutor and there are multiple ways that that you can establish 3rd degree assault and there are two of them that I can watch that video and show it’s established in there”, said Schaefer.

In the video, Click volunteers that she is a member of the communications faculty. Those who have called for her ouster include 100 Republican state lawmakers, Washington Post media writer Erik Wemple and David Steelman, who sits on the university system’s board of curators.