Ep257 Eugene Police Must Do Better

About this episode

The episode discusses community outrage over leaked audio from a former police officer and the demands for police reform.

Leaked audio from Former Eugene Police Officer Martin Siller had the community outraged. Guest Blair Hickok joins to discuss what demands the activists have for the city and for the Police Departmnent Community Resources Neighborhood anarchists neighborho odanarchists.org/⁠ Black Cultural Initiative ⁠blackculturalfestival.com/⁠ La Plaza Communidad plazacomunidad.org/

People in this episode

Host: Patty Rose

Guest: Blair Hickok

Topics covered

• police accountability
• community activism
• social justice
• Eugene Oregon
• police reform

Keywords

• Eugene Police
• activism
• community demands
• Martin Siller
• Blair Hickok

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eugene Police Department, Black Cultural Initiative, La Plaza Communidad, neighborhoodanarchists.org, blackculturalfestival.com

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