Perennial Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein faces an arrest warrant in Missouri after neither she nor her attorney appeared at a hearing Monday morning related to misdemeanor charges for the alleged assault of a bicycle cop at Washington University more than two years ago.
The charges stem from an April 2024 protest at the university over the war in Gaza. More than 100 people were arrested as police broke up the protest, though only Stein and one other individual wound up being charged. Stein faced misdemeanors for assault and trespass, charges that were issued the following March.
According to media reports at the time, police accused Stein of grabbing the bicycle of one officer and kicking another officer multiple times…