Mizzou Professor Who Blocked Journalist Is Charged

Melissa A. Click, who was roundly criticized after she blocked a student journalist and called for "muscle" to block others at a protest at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has been charged with misdemeanor assault, The New York Times reported. Click teaches communications at the university. She did not respond to a request for comment. She has previously apologized for her actions but said they were motivated by a desire to help the minority students who were protesting.