Missouri student files complaint against professor who called for 'muscle'

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16. The faculty member in question crossed a serious line.

That she apologized is great. She owed the student/reporters at least that much. But at the time, she tried to take things to a completely unacceptable level. "We need some muscle" can only be interpreted as a request that someone physically remove someone who had every right to be present. That would have constituted assault.

I'm a professor myself. Faculty activism is certainly tolerated by my administration, and can even be encouraged. But we're expected to be adults and comply with the law. If we break it, we're expected to accept whatever consequences may follow.

I'm a lot more forgiving of the students involved in the conflict than I am of someone with a PhD who absolutely should have known better.