I'll be live-tweeting in a little bit for the @DailyEmerald from Downtown #EugeneOregon where @Eblack_unity is hosting a march and "know your rights sit-in" starting at 7 p.m.
Just got here.
About twenty people are present.
A Federal Protection Service (Homeland Security) SUV just pulled up and parked in the parking lot across the street for a minute and then left.
Truck just sped past the courthouse and exhausted those in front.
This is a precursor to a seven or eight hour event coming up that will go into more detail about "Knowing Your Rights."
Clea is telling a story about her brother in Texas who is serving a 40 year sentence after getting in trouble at a convenience store and because he didn't know his Rights.
Someone just drove by and yelled "fucking n-word"
Titus asks the crowd: "do we have any cop supporters in the crowd tonight?"
I'm not sure what's going on with this alternate universe but there's an awful lot of non-Black individuals using the n-word and claiming to be spokespeople for the Black community in the replies 😳😳
OHMYGOD. I didn't even see the now-deleted second part to the apology 😳
The ACLU of Oregon has released an alarming Call to Action regarding proposed accountability standards for cops within the state and how the process is being co-opted by law enforcement themselves.
"Oregon is trying to create accountability standards for cops; however, this process is being co-opted by police and their accomplices to shield bad cops."
Well I'm here at the corner of Garfield and 9th Place where houseless residents living in trailers were threatened early last night and told they would towed this morning.
Stop The Sweeps is here to aid.
I was here earlier this morning, too, when folks actually thought something was going to happen. Nothing did.
But now, at 9:45 a.m., EPD is present talking with one of the people here. Folks have been told they have until Monday before they'll be ticketed and forced to leave.
Wow. I've moved just a few blocks over to 8th and Grant where other RVs are being towed away.
I'm walking up to Tykeson Hall at UO for this teach-in about the CIA since they are, apparently, recruiting on campus this week.
Notably, I just learned today that the university's Center for Cyber Security and Privacy is sponsored by both the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security 😬
Signs that say "CIA Go Way" and "Fuck the CIA" rest against concrete ledges behind Tykeson Hall.