Eugene police did nothing in violation of state or city sanctuary laws in their response to a July 1 protest of immigration enforcement activity at the downtown federal building, the city’s police auditor found.
“It does not appear that the Department assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement in any manner,” the auditor’s office said in a statement posted online Monday, Sept. 22.
Hours after the protest, police said an unmarked vehicle was damaged as it attempted to exit the parking lot of the federal building, which houses an ICE office. A witness told Lookout Eugene-Springfield that perhaps a dozen of the roughly 40 people at the sidewalk protest attempted to block a vehicle…