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Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said police are “prepared for a much bigger event” downtown Saturday than a midweek rally in which roughly 1,000 people peacefully chanted, held signs and marched in opposition to federal immigration enforcement activity.
Event organizers 50501 Eugene planned Saturday’s No Kings demonstration well before street protests in Los Angeles began to turn violent between some protesters and police. Street protests swelled elsewhere across the United States — with a few reports of violence — as President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
“What my hope is for this community is that they find a way to be able to be heard during that march without feeling like they need to replicate what they’re seeing across the country,” Skinner told the city’s police commission, a citizen advisory group, Thursday evening…