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1:03 KLCC's Brian Bull reports on Eugeneans' reaction to the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis. Roughly 30 people showed for a low-key, informal gathering at the Wayne Morse Federal Courthouse in Eugene.  Most present said they were simply relieved that the jury found white police officer Chauvin guilty of all three counts in the death of George Floyd. Several attendees wore Black Lives Matter face masks and t-shirts saying “I Can’t Breathe.” Nona Solomon-Burt, at Tuesday night's 'hang out' to celebrate the verdicts in the Chauvin trial. Credit Brian Bull / KLCC...

The Guardian at 200: Windrush histories and mythologies of race in Britain Kennetta Hammond Perry and Kehinde Andrews lead this two-part lecture that explores the Windrush story and how a history of systemic racism laid the foundation stones for influencing our attitudes to race in the present day. Online workshop Time: 6pm-8.30pm (BST) Guardian Masterclasses - Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry Photograph: Kehinde Andrews & Kennetta Hammond Perry Tue 20 Apr 2021 06.59 EDT Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 07.46 EDT How – and why – did the Windrush scandal happen? Did it really begi...

By Sarah Alvarez On March 25, 2021, Springfield Police Department’s “independent” expert, former police chief Rick Braziel, released an assessment of SPD’s response to the July 29, 2020, Black Unity protest. During the protest numerous people were injured by both law enforcement and violent far-right counter-protesters.  In response to SPD’s unconstitutional actions, the Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a civil rights action on behalf of specific named plaintiffs and Black Unity as an organization. Black Unity sought to peacefully protest a noose in the Thurston neighborhood wh...

  Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken up following the controversial passage of a Georgia law limiting access to voting. Tim Cook has provided a statement in direct response to Georgia's new voting law, "SB 202," which has been called a "return to Jim Crow" by observers. "The right to vote is fundamental in a democracy," Cook said in a statement to Axios. "American history is the story of expanding the right to vote to all citizens, and Black people, in particular, have had to march, struggle and even give their lives for more than a century to defend that right." "Apple believes that, thanks in ...

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 Mi...