The FBI has asked a local photographer to identify protesters at ICE protests at the Eugene Federal Building, bringing up questions of press freedom in Oregon.
Local photographer Robert Scherle was at his home Feb. 4 when federal agents knocked on his door. He says he was collecting donations for Oregon Community Asylum Network, a group which works with asylum seekers and other immigrants, and he opened the door thinking it was donations for OCAN’s fundraising auction.
The agents showed him their badges, Scherle said in an interview with Eugene Weekly during a Feb. 5 protest at the Federal Building, and says they told him, “You’re not in trouble.”…