University students decry mistreatment of black students

One day after the resignations, a veteran associate law school dean, Chuck Henson, who is black, was named to the new position of interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity.

He says his wife was troubled by a lengthy discussion she read online Tuesday after his appointment in which people talked about wanting to see him dead.

Hank Foley has begun serving as interim chancellor of the Columbia campus, replacing Loftin. Both Loftin and University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday after weeks of racial unrest. Many students, faculty and staff accused administrators of failing to adequately address the problems.

“Mike Middleton is the best person to lead the system during this critical period of transition, with 30 years of leadership experience on the MU campus and past service as a civil rights attorney”, Donald Cupps, chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, said in a statement.

Police have issued a $1,500 reward for any information leading to an arrest.

Messages were also posted online on Thursday threatening to murder students at the historically black college Howard University, in Washington. He is charged with making a terroristic threat, which is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

Students at a few schools, such as the University of MI, said the Missouri case has emboldened them to take a harder stance against administrators if they don’t keep their promises.

Second-year law student Christopher Hamm, president of the school’s Black Law Students Association, applauded the appointment.

“Events like that showcase exactly what’s so great about the university”, Dixon said. Unsurprising, since Middleton, 68, was a founder of Missouri’s Legion of Black Collegians who issued that set of demands 46 years ago.

Middleton takes over at a turbulent time for the university.

The pressure worked. Wolfe resigned Monday, followed hours later by Loftin. Middleton retired as deputy chancellor of the Columbia campus in August. He had been working part-time to assist Loftin design a plan to increase inclusion and diversity on campus.

According to a criminal complaint, he allegedly posted a threat on Yik Yak on Wednesday which read: “I’m gonna shoot any black ppl tomorrow so be ready”.

University spokesman Mark Hornickel said Thursday it wasn’t immediately clear whether Stottlemyre would face any school disciplinary action. Two of those are part of the four-campus University of Missouri System – Missouri-St. He is due to appear in court Thursday afternoon.

Court documents said he had expressed a “deep interest” in a recent shooting massacre at an OR school.

“We have had the whole Yik Yak app and social media can be a phenomenal tool to get your word out there but it can also be risky”.

According to campus police, an unknown suspect spray-painted over part of the sign outside the center at about 12:48 a.m. Authorities are reviewing videotape in the area as part of the effort to determine the identity of the culprit, police said. Deputy Tony Moore, who works the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s electronic communications triage unit, said his group has dealt with Yik Yak on only one occasion but “it was an exigent circumstance and they responded accordingly”.

Reports of racially charged threats have permeated social media.

Park is a student at the University of Missouri Science and Technology in Rolla, where he was arrested early Wednesday in a dorm.

In October, someone used feces to draw a swastika on the wall of a residence hall. Several postings have questioned if that really happened. The stunning move comes days after his team threatened to boycott Saturday’s game against BYU over concerns about racial strife on campus.