Professor Who Blocked Reporters From Protest Charged With Assault

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'University of Missouri communications professor Melissa Click has been charged with third-degree assault -- a misdemeanor -- over an altercation with reporters on campus in November, the city prosecutor’s office has confirmed. The prosecutor’s office filed the charge Monday morning, after which the court is expected to issue a summons.

In a video that was widely shared online, Click was shown blocking reporters from a public space at the school’s campus. Students, who had gathered following the resignation of the university’s president over racial tensions at the school, declared the area a media-free “safe space.”

Click can be heard telling a reporter to “go away” before grabbing his camera, then asking for backup. “Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here? I need some muscle over here!” Click says on the video.'