The University of Missouri student protesters who demanded the resignation of university president Tim Wolfe were surprisingly adversarial toward the press Monday, setting up a “no media safe space” for protesters and harassing reporters who were trying to take photos.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s sports writer Benjamin Hochman tweeted out images of protesters linking arms to create the “safe space,” and also tweeted out a video of protesters clashing with a reporter who presumably infringed upon the safe space.

The students at Mizzou have built a human shield to block reporters from interviewing peaceful protesters pic.twitter.com/YCZjuvIZDL — Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) November 9, 2015

Just took this video of a confrontation involving a reporter and those blocking the protest area on Mizzou’s campus pic.twitter.com/cFhQmrRE0u — Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) November 9, 2015

“If you’re here to support the students then help keep the press out,” a woman just chanted pic.twitter.com/ogA2l5G2xc — Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) November 9, 2015

Jack Witthaus from The Columbia Missourian also tweeted an image of protesters “bullying” a photographer trying to take a photo.

Media being bullied here. Told not to take pictures or video #ConceredStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/qJkHy1Dhf4 — Jack Witthaus (@JackWitthaus) November 9, 2015

The Missourian‘s Ellise Verheyen caught another emblematic moment in which protesters chanted that reporters “have to go.”

[Image via screengrab/ Jack Witthaus]

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