University of Missouri Professor Melissa Click Charged With Assault Over Protest Clash

A University of Missouri media professor who was widely ridiculed on social media for calling for a student reporter to be physically harassed with “some muscle” was formally charged with misdemeanor assault charges.

Tents remain on the Mel Carnahan quad on the campus of University of Missouri - Columbia on November 9, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images

A University of Missouri media professor who was widely ridiculed on social media for calling for a student reporter to be physically harassed with “some muscle” was formally charged with misdemeanor assault charges.

Melissa Click was charged today by a city prosecutor for third-degree assault charges, and she could face up to 15 days of jail if found guilty, a spokesperson for the Columbia, Missouri prosecutor told NBC News.

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