They just don’t seem to understand how seriously she messed up.

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

‘She Doesn’t Deserve It’: Student Activists and Faculty Members Object to Click’s Firing

The University of Missouri’s decision to fire Melissa A. Click triggered strong objections from her faculty colleagues as well as students who had protested racism on the Columbia campus last fall, when she was caught on video in angry confrontations with a student journalist and a police officer.
Some called the decision overdue and said Ms. Click’s actions had sullied the university’s reputation. Others, including the student group Ms. Click was defending when the viral video was shot, accused the university’s Board of Curators of overstepping its authority and making her a scapegoat.

Members of Concerned Student 1950 accused the board of caving in to pressure from state lawmakers who had threatened to slash the flagship campus’s budget by the exact sum of the salaries of Ms. Click, an assistant professor of communication, the chair of her department, and the dean of the College of Arts and Science. The board, which voted 4 to 2 to fire Ms. Click, has denied it was influenced by that threat.

“We are all really hurt that this had to happen to Melissa,” said DeShaunya Ware, a senior who was one of the original members of Concerned Student 1950. “She doesn’t deserve it.”