BREAKING: City of Springfield Settles ‘J29’ Lawsuit More Than Five Years Later

Police response to 2020 Oregon racial justice march draws $700K settlement

The city of Springfield has agreed to pay $700,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Black Unity protesters who alleged the police violated their free speech rights when officers put up barricades that redirected their July 2020 march in protest of a noose displayed in a neighborhood.

BREAKING: City of Springfield Settles ‘J29’ Lawsuit More Than Five Years Later

The City of Springfield has settled the civil rights lawsuit stemming from its police department’s violent beating of protesters and leadership during Black Unity’s “The Noose is Nuisance” protest in the Thurston Neighborhood on July 29, 2020. This marks an end to a legal saga that began in March 2021. For those that may need a refresher (looking at you, KEZI 9), DSM has reported on the protest and its aftermath extensively, including the initia…