The Eugene Police Department has set up a surveillance trailer to monitor a homeless protest camp across from Eugene Weekly.
EW has reached out to EPD in regard to exactly what is being monitored — including whether its offices appear on camera.
Some sources prefer to remain private or anonymous when reaching out to a newspaper out of concerns over potential repercussions to their job or personal life.
Homeless advocate Eric Jackson has been camping in the area of the Eugene Municipal Court since August to protest because he says it is not a ”court of record.”
Jackson has previously been arrested for protesting against the criminalization of homelessness.
Jackson recently moved his camp to the area of 13th and Lincoln, across from EW’s offices. The newspaper’s ownership, which owns EW’s building as well as one of the buildings across the street near the camp, has told EPD it has no problems with the homeless camp. Other nearby businesses, however, have complained.
As of Sunday, Nov. 2, EPD had set up one of its surveillance trailers with cameras mounted on a pole near the camp. EW has also reached out to Jackson for comment on the surveillance.
A Note From the Publisher
Dear Readers,
The last two years have been some of the hardest in Eugene Weekly’s 43 years. There were moments when keeping the paper alive felt uncertain. And yet, here we are — still publishing, still investigating, still showing up every week.
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Listening to readers has always been at the heart of Eugene Weekly. This year, that meant launching our popular weekly Activist Alert column, after many of you told us there was no single, reliable place to find information about rallies, meetings and ways to get involved. You asked. We responded.
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Thank you for standing with us!
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Eugene Weekly
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