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The Civil Liberties Defense Center filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Springfield, its police chief, and 28 officers on Monday in

Lawsuit: Springfield police violated civil rights at protest The Columbian Share: SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Springfield police officers stifled protesters’ free-speech rights during protests against the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, particularly during a July 29 march, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. Black Unity, individual members of Black Unity and others allege in a federal lawsuit that Springfield Police Department officers “engaged in several unconstitutional actions to punish, prevent or chill Plaintiffs’ First Amendment activities” during t...

Screenshot from CLDC March 8 federal filing The July 29 Thurston neighborhood clash between Black Lives Matter-related protesters, police and counter-protesters continues. This time in federal court.  On March 8, the Civil Liberties Defense Center and Black Unity protesters filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Springfield, the police department and several other named and unnamed officers.  The lawsuit divulges new information about police interaction with counter-protesters and Thurston-area residents, and that police engaged in aggressive and racist tactics against pr...

Black Unity files civil rights lawsuit against Springfield police The lawsuit filed by the Civil Liberties Defense Center alleges Black Unity members were assaulted and arrested during a peaceful march on July 29, 2020, in Springfield. Posted: Mar 9, 2021 8:55 AM Posted By: KEZI Staff EUGENE, Ore. – Black Unity filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against the City of Springfield, Springfield Police Chief Richard Lewis and other members of the Springfield Police Department. Amber Fossen, Springfield public information officer, said the City of Springfield received a copy of the law...

Transcript: In conversation with Linton Kwesi Johnson Paul Gilroy: Hello, I'm Paul Gilroy, Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre at University College London. I'm joined today by Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet and activist; somebody whose voice has been absolutely fundamental to presenting and to interpreting the consciousness of Black people in this country for many, many decades now. In the vernacular philosophical language of the 20th century Black freedom movement, to which Linton’s work as a poet has made such notable contribution. The idea of truth gets linked to the pursuit of right...