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Eugene police liaison outlines 14 bias-related incidents; commissioners press for better outreach to unhoused victims
Summary
Lieutenant Jeremy Williams told the Eugene Human Rights Commission about roughly 14 recent bias-related and violent incidents — including a workplace noose, assaults and alleged racially motivated harassment — and commissioners asked how the department follows up with victims, especially unhoused people.
Lieutenant Jeremy Williams, the Eugene Police Department liaison to the Human Rights Commission, briefed commissioners on roughly 14 bias‑related incidents and violent assaults that occurred over the summer and early fall. Williams listed cases ranging from a June 3 harassment and property damage at a downtown Hispanic‑owned business to an Aug. 1 incident in which a University of Oregon employee found a graduation cord tied as a noose under her windshield wiper and that was subject to an FBI threat assessment.
Williams said detectives have investigative leads in several matters and that…
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