Internal Emails Show Safety Fears Were Rampant During Missouri Protests

[nightflight]

To understand what was going on behind the scenes as the University of Missouri was rocked by protests during October and November of 2015, Heat Street andNational Review requested access to email correspondence from key leaders at the school. The request yielded 7,400 pages of records.

News coverage at the time focused on black students’ claims of pervasive racism, pointing to several troublesome incidents as evidence of a bigoted culture on campus. But a look at the email correspondence of the university’s administrators and faculty members during the crisis reveals another side of the unrest: how protesters’ belligerence left many students, faculty and parents fearful of violence and concerned for their safety.

Here is some of what we found:

http://heatst.com/culture-wars/inte...-fears-were-rampant-during-missouri-protests/

 

[iluvatar5150]

Yeah, except that doesn't seem to be the perception of the Mizzou professors and students I know and have talked to who were there for the whole thing. Their perception is that the overall tenor was positive, despite a couple small incidents that were hyped up by the media.

And it wasn't just the undergrads who were fed up with the leadership - it was the grad students and the teachers as well.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news...cle_3b3c56d7-f432-573b-b02d-6787228c5369.html

 

[nightflight]

Yeah, except that doesn't seem to be the perception of the Mizzou professors and students I know and have talked to who were there for the whole thing. Their perception is that the overall tenor was positive, despite a couple small incidents that were hyped up by the media.

And it wasn't just the undergrads who were fed up with the leadership - it was the grad students and the teachers as well.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news...cle_3b3c56d7-f432-573b-b02d-6787228c5369.html

I guess there were some people who were afraid.