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Protesters filled the streets of downtown Eugene on Saturday, marching through town with American flags, signs, costumes and protest music. Protest organizers, 50501 Eugene, estimate 10,000 people attended, a figure supported by a crowd that stretched over multiple blocks.
Boris Wiedenfeld-Needham, 50501 Eugene press liaison, said his team saw only one safety scare when a car drove close to protesters while they were crossing a street, but no one was hit. They originally planned to end the protest at Eugene City Hall, but the crowd was larger than expected.
“We decided very early on we needed to move it to Alton Baker Park because there was just not enough room (at City Hall),” Wiedenfeld-Needham told Lookout Eugene-Springfield…