The Eugene Police Department’s largely hands-off approach to protests against immigration enforcement would not extend to any “significant acts of violence” involving federal officers, Police Chief Chris Skinner said Thursday, Jan. 8.
“We would insert ourselves, to a reasonable degree, where we can bring peace to what is a total chaotic and dangerous situation,” Skinner told members of Eugene’s Police Commission, a citizens group that advises the police chief and City Council on public safety issues.
He spoke two days after the shooting of Renee Nicole Macklin Good, 37, by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Federal officials immediately defended the shooting but her death has sparked protests in Eugene and many cities…