Professor who pushed, threatened journalist has been charged with assault

Published January 25, 2016 5:47pm ET



The University of Missouri professor who pushed and threatened a student reporter during a protest has been charged with 3rd degree assault, a Class C misdemeanor.

Melissa Click made national headlines in November when she was seen on video confronting a student journalist, grabbing his camera and requesting some “muscle” to get him to stop covering the protests. Click, ironically, had a courtesy appointment at the Missouri School of Journalism, which she resigned from following the incident.

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