( KTRS ) The University of Missouri’s governor board says it has suspended an assistant professor accused of assault stemming from a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. The University of Missouri system’s Board of Curators, announced Wednesday night that Melissa Click is suspended “pending further investigation.” Click gathered national attention after…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – An assistant professor at the University of Missouri has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from a campus run-in with student journalists during protests in November. A spokeswoman for Columbia’s city prosecutor says an attorney for Melissa Click entered the plea on Click’s behalf Tuesday in municipal court.…
( KTRS ) Republicans in the state Senate continue to criticize the University of Missouri for not firing an assistant professor who confronted journalists during campus protests last November. Melissa Click was charged with misdemeanor assault, on Monday, in connection with her run-in with a student videographer and a student photographer. The confrontation on the…
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A University of Missouri assistant professor is now facing charges stemming from an incident during campus protests. Columbia City Prosecutor Steve Richey filed a misdemeanor assault charge against 45-year-old Melissa Click on Monday morning. The assistant professor of communications, garnered national attention after she confronted a student photographer and another student videographer during the…
Click has already resigned a courtesy appointment at the school’s school of journalism
( KTRS ) More than 100 Republican Missouri lawmakers are calling for a University of Missouri assistant professor to be fired in response to her videotaped clash with reporters during campus protests. The group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Board of Curators to oust assistant communications professor Melissa Click, on Monday. Click garnered national…
(KTRS) – The dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism is weighing in on the controversy after a professor blocked a photographer from covering yesterday’s protests on the school’s campus. A video shows assistant communications professor Melissa Click asking for muscle to help remove freelance photographer Tim Tai from the protester’s encampment on…
