At the downtown Eugene Federal Building on Jan. 27, federal agents deployed pepper balls and tear gas several times throughout the day and evening against protesters — as well as journalists — exercising their First Amendment rights.
People had gathered to protest ICE and memorialize ICU nurse Alex Pretti who died Jan. 24 at the hands of federal agents.
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Student journalists from Lane Community College’s The Torch and the University of Oregon’s Daily Emerald were among those covering the protest and shouting that they were press while federal agents fire pepperballs and more.