I've been reading up on the case of Henry Liu, a student at Portland State University who was expelled last year after allegedly making a violent threats against a faculty member. Liu was questioned by authorities, cuffed, placed under psychiatric evaluation for several days and banned from campus.But Liu, a graduate student in the conflict resolution program, was never charged with a crime. He was given a clean bill of mental health and has no history of violence. But he was thrown out of school, incurred significant legal bills, and had his name dragged through the mud. A flyer with Liu's photo, identifying him as a possible campus threat, was posted all over the school and still continues to circulate on the internet.
All this was based on the accusation of one fellow student. In the post-Virginia Tech era, was Henry Liu falsely profiled as a "crazy Asian shooter"? Was Portland State right in expelling student as safety risk?
