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Oregon protesters allege Springfield Police Department conspired to violate civil rights laws by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | March 11, 2021 09:30 AM Print this article
A lawsuit filed against the Springfield Police Department alleges its officers conspired with local residents to harass and intimidate Black Lives Matter protesters last summer.
The case involves a July 29 protest in Springfield organized by Black Unity, a civil rights and anti-racism group based in Lane County, that was held in response to the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minneapolis police on May 25.
The lawsuit, which was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday in the U.S. District Court of Oregon, alleges that Springfield police officers patrolling the protest violated the group s First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.