Eugene police to step up patrol around campus
By Tammy Batey
Emerald Reporter
Eugene police will strengthen patrols
around the University area beginning
this weekend following several distur
bances last weekend including one that
police say was racially motivated
Four of these incidents occurred
around 13th and Alder and Kincaid
streets, said police spokesman Tim Ilirr
The racially motivated incident, also
the most violent of the four, occurred
early Saturday morning. Four white
University students told police they
were returning to their car behind Ren
nie's Landing when they were up
I
proached and beaten b\ about JO biat k
mon.
I ho four split up to get away but were
confronted, according to the police re
port One of the white men was asked
for money When he refuser), he was
knocked to the ground and bit with
sticks, according to the report The other
three were also struck with sticks or
fists. Police found a pool cue in the area
of thi! assault.
The four told police they were mock
ingly called "white boys " They also
told police their attackers said race was
thi! motivation behind the attack
Three of the four men were taken to
Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene where
they were treated and released, police
said.
Another incident occurred around
midnight Saturday when police broke
up a group of about 50 intoxicated
youths on the 1200 block of Kincaid
Street.
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uas intervening in a third lot ident
[ isher arrested ft year old i mversitv
student Ku kev (lien Jones 1000 Patter
son St \o .MO who siie i eporled see
oig assault a 20 vear old female t niver
sit\ student '■Jones is also i h.irged with
assaulting the womans friend. Kevin
John S' limidt. t di Delluood I )i also a
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charges that hr pushed her after sho ar
rested Jones.
In tin* fourth incident, policu were
called by a 7-Eloven store employee
whi'ii 75 to KM) young people refused to
It'avt’ thr parking lot of till! Hast 13th
Avenuo and Alder Street store, till rec
ords said
Tho disturbances police broke up last
weekend were different In two main
w ays. Birr said
"Like any city, there are some racially
motivated incidents but they haven't
been as large with a dozen or more pen
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