KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A University of Missouri-Kansas City student is facing charges after he allegedly sprayed a substance toward conservative political commentator Michael Knowles during a speech.
Knowles was giving a speech titled “Men are Not Women” on the Missouri-Kansas City campus Thursday when protesters disrupted the event. The university said in a news release that during the disruption, student Gerard Dabu launched the substance toward Knowles, who was not injured. Police tackled and subdued Dabu with a stun gun near the stage.
Chancellor Mauli Agrawal said in a letter to the campus Friday that police reacted that way because they didn’t know if the substance was dangerous. Tests later determined it was lavender oil and other non-toxic household liquids.
Dabu was charged Friday in municipal court in Kansas City with assault and other violations.
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