Heavy-handed police responses to protests in the United States (and around the world) are nothing new. While horrifically graphic videos and images of police brutality taken by everyday people are now circulated across the Internet in the blink of an eye, the institution of police departments in this country […]
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August 19, 2021
Contacts: Marianne Dugan or Lauren Regan, Senior Staff Attorneys
541-687-9490
info@cldc.org
Lane County, Oregon – In light of new evidence, on August 19, 2021, the Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC) and Black Unity moved to amend their […]
Yesterday, in Eugene, OR, two Sunrise Movement activists entered into a deferred prosecution agreement stemming from acts of non-violent, civil disobedience.
On March 19, 2021, two young sisters participated in a mass demonstration against NW Natural, a fracked gas polluter. The bike march, ending at NW Natural’s facilities, was a part […]
“June 11th is a reminder to us that though we spend our days outside of a prison many of our friends and allies spend theirs behind bars having sacrificed what little freedom they had to fight for something greater than themselves. We have a responsibility to them and to ourselves […]
100 years ago this week, on May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents, many of them deputized and given weapons by city officials, attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, from land and air. The white mob destroyed more than 35 square […]
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May 24, 2021
Contacts:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney
Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eureka, CA — Today CLDC attorneys representing journalist Mike Gamms […]
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April 29, 2021
Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eugene, OR – Yesterday, local houseless activist Eric Jackson filed an appeal to the Oregon Court of Appeals to challenge and overturn Lane County’s oppressive closures […]
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March 8, 2021
Contact: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Eugene, OR —Today, the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a federal civil rights lawsuit […]
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February 25, 2021
Contacts:
ORD2 Indivisible Steering Committee
contact@ORD2Indivisible.org
Sarah Alvarez, CLDC Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
Medford, OR — Over the past two years, the City of Medford spent inordinate public resources and time […]
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February 22, 2021
Contacts:
Lauren Regan, Executive Director and Senior Staff Attorney
info@cldc.org or (541) 687-9810
Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney
mdugan@cldc.org or (541) 687-9810
Eugene, OR — Today, attorneys with the Civil Liberties Defense Center amended their federal […]
