(CN) — Oregon protesters who claim police violated their free speech rights and used excessive force against some participants during a 2020 racial justice march scored a victory Friday in their suit against the city of Springfield and its officers.
The ruling stems from a lawsuit by Black Unity and individual protesters who say Springfield police blocked their march, wrongly declared it an unlawful assembly and chilled their First Amendment rights by ordering them to disperse and using force.
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