Student arrested for social media threats

“Park was contacted in Rolla, Mo., by the University of Missouri Police and transported to the University of Missouri Police Department in Columbia where he was arrested and processed”.

At approximately 1:50 a.m., Park was arrested at Thomas Jefferson Residence Hall in Rolla for making terroristic threats.

We’re waiting for you at the parking lots.

Melissa Click, the University of Missouri professor under fire for trying to keep a student photojournalist from covering a campus protest, has resigned her “courtesy appointment” at the journalism school.

Missouri has only begun its battle against systemic racism, and the situation will likely remain turbulent for a few time, as seen in the death threats to protesters on social media, and the campus-wide alert system acknowledging the threats with increased security and an investigation. They don’t have to be a student to post, or to read the messages, but they do have to be geographically close.

Campus police have had to inform students to call 911 immediately in the event of an emergency and should they face any threats in the wake of several phone threats being placed to the campus. “To say that you will not play on Saturday is tantamount to a major donor pulling their funds”, said D’Andra Orey, a political science professor at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. His post went viral, and the lack of any strong reaction by Wolfe led to demonstrations at the school’s homecoming parade the following month, when protesters blocked the university president’s vehicle, according to local news reports.

The journalism school’s dean, David Kurpius, told the Missourian that Click resigned during a meeting of the school’s executive committee on Tuesday night before a vote was taken on her status at the school. “What the f*** is that supposed to mean?” one wrote. “If that is a threat it is completely inappropriate”, wrote another.

Following the unrest at Missouri, social action movements developed at other universities.

Free speech advocates are expressing concern that instructions from University of Missouri police on how students should report “hateful and/or hurtful” speech could stifle legitimate differences of opinion.

Yakkers, if you haven’t done so lately, please take a moment to review our Terms (they’re always accessible right within the app, along with our Rules) and make particular note of the Unauthorized Activities section. At Yale University in New Haven, Conn., thousands of students, faculty and administrators joined a “March of Resilience” on Monday to protest racist incidents on campus. Tension has been high.

“This sort of misbehavior is NOT what Yik Yak is to be used for”.

University of Missouri police on Wednesday arrested a 19-year-old white man on suspicion of making what it called a “terrorist threat” on social media to shoot black people.

Yet the video of the student photographer has resonance because it seems to confirm what so many of us have seen firsthand.

The University of Missouri and other schools should now develop specific procedures and policies for racially discriminatory incidents as aggressively as they addressed other social issues, such as sexual assault, drinking, hazing, drug use and firearms, Ross said. A university spokesperson has confirmed that the professor is still employed with the university. “I’m working with the MUPD, the state trooper and the National Guard”.