EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Police in Eugene, Ore., say 12 advocates for the homeless have been cited for second-degree criminal trespass after refusing to end their sit-in at the city manager’s office when it closed late Tuesday afternoon.
The Register-Guard reports (https://is.gd/SOVs2Y ) the 12 were briefly detained, then released.
The protesters were seeking a meeting with City Manager Jon Ruiz about the upcoming closure of the Whoville homeless camp, asking that the closure be delayed until the City Council returns from its month-long break next week.
Michael Carrigan is an activist with Community Alliance of Lane County. He calls the protest ending “just a classic symbolic civil disobedience arrest.”
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Information from: The Register-Guard, https://www.registerguard.com
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