PSU student expelled after allegedly threatening violence against a faculty member

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Expelled PSU student wants back in - Koinlocal6.com
Also a poll.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A Portland State University graduate student expelled after allegedly threatening violence against a faculty member wants to return to the university.

Henry Liu has filed for an administrative review of his expulsion. A hearing is set for Aug. 3.

The university banned Liu from campus this spring after a classmate reported to police that the graduate student was upset with a professor and talked about guns in the same conversation. Police found four unloaded guns in Liu's apartment.

Though he was never charged with a crime, the university expelled Liu last month. They allege he furnished misleading information and made himself a possible safety threat.

The 33-year-old Liu told The Oregonian newspaper he did not threaten a faculty member, and was expelled based on hearsay.

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[Grunwald]

Why did police search his apartment? Did they actually get a warrant or did he let them?
I find it hard to believe that a judge would sign a search warrant based on what's in this story.

 

[Misterbill]

OSU discriminating against a gun-owning student? Naw, We've NEVER heard about THAT before.

 

[drew]

OSU discriminating against a gun-owning student? Naw, We've NEVER heard about THAT before.

Different school.

Why did police search his apartment? Did they actually get a warrant or did he let them?
I find it hard to believe that a judge would sign a search warrant based on what's in this story.

From this article, it was voluntary which was a mistake on his part. I also love how everything is "military" or "tactical". At least they didn't use "assault weapon", "arsenal", or any similar terms.

Was Portland State right in expelling student as safety risk? The student says no; the university says yes | OregonLive.com

At 1:38 p.m., two campus police officers, joined by a pair of Portland cops, walked into a brick building on Southwest Clay Street, one block from the PSU campus, and knocked on the door of Apartment 43. Liu answered, shocked to see a group of officers on his landing, and stepped outside to talk.

Portland Officer James Crooker asked Liu if he had any guns inside his one-bedroom apartment.

"No," he said.

Liu, who had four firearms in the apartment, would later explain that he wasn't truthful for a reason: He saw police ushering people out of the building, and he hoped to defuse the situation rather than scare his neighbors or the officers.

Police told Liu they wanted to talk about statements he had allegedly made about harming staff members at PSU. When Liu denied having made any threats, Crooker asked again if he had any guns inside. Liu looked at campus police Sgt. Joseph Schilling, who said, "Where are the guns, Henry?"

Liu invited police inside and told them they could find two semiautomatic handguns in a locked footlocker in his closet. Police found both guns -- a .22-caliber Smith & Wesson and a .45-caliber Springfield -- and handcuffed their suspect. Liu says he heard one officer, noting the .45, ask, "You didn't say you were going to stick this up somebody's ***?"

Liu denied making the comment, and he told them where to find two other firearms, including a Daniel Defense M4 carbine, a semiautomatic version of a combat rifle used by U.S. troops. None of the guns were illegal, and none were loaded. Liu had bought two of them -- one equipped with pink grips -- for his fiance.

Officers poking through Liu's place found loaded magazines, boxes of cartridges, survival gear stuffed into packs, along with extra food and a QuikClot sponge designed to quickly stop bleeding. Liu also had shooting glasses and ear protection, a first aid kit, a flashlight, wet naps, and a Bear Grylls survival knife.

The gear looked suspicious to police, as if Liu were planning a hasty departure, and, according to Liu, they kept using terms such as "tactical" and "military." But as Liu later explained, he's an avid camper with an abundance of gear, including a huge stock of ramen noodles his mother bought him at Costco.

Liu recalls police asking about his state of mind, wondering if he intended to follow up on his threats. He says he kept telling them it was all a terrible misunderstanding, but he felt as if they were trying to coerce a confession.

The impasse ended this way: Liu voluntarily agreed to be evaluated at Oregon Health & Science University. Police walked him out to a patrol car in lounge pants, his hair a mess. "I had my head down in shame," he recalls.

 

[Swedish K]

Shame on him for allowing a search - also if he made the threats shame on him for doing so. Lesson - don't allow searches without a warrant. Also - apparently having camping gear or a go bag lets them say you were prepared to flee... so now anyone with camping gear and survival equipment is a flight risk? Does this mean that anyone with a camp trailer or RV that isn't completely empty is preparing to go on the run?
I have to admit - the cops are kind of in a bad spot here - if they receive information about a threat and fail to do anything about it and the guy did act on the threat they would be crucified for not acting.