On a personal Twitter account for his blog Instapundit, UT law professor Glenn Reynolds wrote “run them down” in reference to protestors blocking a highway in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday night.

Melanie Wilson, Dean of the College of Law, said in a statement that Reynolds’ opinion does not reflect her own or that of the university. Chancellor Jimmy Cheek later supported her statement.

Reynolds is also a regular columnist at USA Today, where he writes about politics and the 2016 presidential election, among a variety of topics.

Roger Hagy, the Director of Communications for the College of Law, said that administrators were meeting through the day to decide what to do about the tweet, and there is currently an investigation underway.

“It’s kind of insensitive for someone in a position of power to make a statement that sort of condones harming other human beings,” Madison Mayne, sophomore in pre-professional programs, said. “I don’t necessarily agree with the riots, but the protestors, I do understand where they are coming from and I think they do have a right to protest, but maybe not in a violent way. I don’t think that was an appropriate response though.”

Reynolds’s tweet came after protests against the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, a black male, escalated to violence in Charlotte, North Carolina late Tuesday night. Protestors reportedly blocked a highway and threw rocks at cars.

Since Reynolds’s Instapundit account was not affiliated with the university, legal action from UT is not likely, since doing so could violate free speech laws.

“That’s a hard question, since it is his opinion, and it is a social media site where people can express their opinion freely. Maybe the dean should talk to him, since he is an influence on people and students, and some people see that and think, ‘oh, maybe I should think that way too,’” Megan Glaviana, junior in child and family studies, said.