A woman who sued Eugene officials alleging police misconduct will get tens of thousands in compensation, but her attorneys say there still needs to be change.
Kelsie Leith-Bowden, one of seven plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed last year by the Civil Liberties Defense Center, has accepted an offer of judgement in her favor and against Eugene.
As part of that offer, she ll get $61,000.01 from the city, which isn t admitting any liability or fault in the case. She also will receive attorney fees and other costs in a to-be-determined amount that either her attorneys and the city will agree on or a judge will set.
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KLCC s Elizabeth Gabriel reports on community members efforts to change the Eugene Police Department s policies.
The call comes after a group of President Donald Trump supporters and white nationalists invaded the U.S. Capitol to halt the election certification process on Jan. 6. Police department’s responses to mobs that stormed the national and state capitols have been more lenient in comparison to their reaction to Black Lives Matter supporters who protested this past summer.
On May 31, 2020, during local protests in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the City of Eugene authorized EPD to implement various tactics such as the use of rubber bullets, teargas and curfews, which many community members have deemed as excessive force.