1- The recent mass shooting in Portland raises the issue of the way the police routinely misinform the public and how some media outlets uncritically parrot the framing of the police. This is not just a matter of "semantics" as Chief Lovell has claimed. 2- Labelling shooter as a "homeowner" made it seem like the protestors had trespassed or confronted the shooter on his property. This is completely untrue. It is not only that the shooter was not a homeowner, but the impact of that label in framing the event that is dangerous.

I’ll be tweeting about my “Immigration History: Assimilation, Xenophobia and Incarceration” colloquium this semester @lewisandclark. Here’s the syllabus. dropbox.com/sh/l6a9106uoo6… Tonight we discussed a 1998 forum in the Journal of American Ethnic History with three essays by Jon Gjerde, George Sanchez and @prof_erikalee, and comments by Rudph Veccoli, @drg1949 and Elliott Barkan.