{"id":13684,"date":"2022-06-23T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T22:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/?p=13684"},"modified":"2026-04-03T18:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T01:57:34","slug":"final-black-lives-matter-activist-arrested-at-springfield-protest-exonerated-in-state-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/jourdan","title":{"rendered":"Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\nJune 23, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney<br \/>\n(541) 687-9180<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@cldc.org\">info@cldc.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Eugene, OR \u2014 <\/em>Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice activist Jazmine Jourdan for events related to a 2020 protest led by Black Unity against racism in Springfield\u2019s Thurston neighborhood. This is the same incident where rampant police misconduct spurred the Civil Liberties Defense Center and the non-profit community organization Black Unity to file civil litigation against the City of Springfield for <a href=\"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/cldc-files-civil-rights-suit-on-behalf-of-black-unity-members-brutalized-by-springfield-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/cldc.org\/cldc-files-civil-rights-suit-on-behalf-of-black-unity-members-brutalized-by-springfield-police\/\">numerous civil rights violations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is CLDC\u2019s understanding that Ms. Jourdan&#8217;s case was dismissed by the Court after the jury was sworn in because a necessary witness for the State, former Springfield police officer Durrant, declined to voluntarily appear. After two years, the final criminal prosecution of Black Lives Matter activists has ended in victory for the community members who stood up against racism in Springfield.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFirst off, I\u2019m going to say BLACK LIVES MATTER. Two years of my adult life have been taken away from me, filled with anxiety and fear by Springfield PD. Finally, this has come to an end. I am innocent, I am an activist, and I am not ashamed. I am so thankful for Black Unity, the community, and my lawyers at CLDC for working day in and day out to fight for my freedom. It\u2019s finally over!\u201d said Ms. Jourdan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so honored and proud to have represented such a strong and resilient activist in a repressive, political trial. Jazmine acted with integrity and stood up for what she knew was right during the July 29, 2020 protest here in Oregon. I am pleased that the prosecution dismissed the charges, I only wish they hadn\u2019t waited so long to do so,\u201d said Sarah Alvarez, an attorney with the Civil Liberties Defense Center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/\"><em>Civil Liberties Defense Center<\/em><\/a><em> supports movements that seek to dismantle the political <\/em><em>and economic structures at the root of social inequality and environmental destruction.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2022 Contact: Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney (541) 687-9180 info@cldc.org Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court Eugene, OR \u2014 Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":13688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,721],"tags":[27,26],"class_list":["post-13684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cases","category-press-release","tag-activist-defense","tag-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16625,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13684\/revisions\/16625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cldc.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}