Photos: EPD declares an “active riot” at the Eugene Federal Building following an earlier Youth Against ICE protest

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January 31, 2026
A protester kneels and prays as she faces members of the Eugene and Springfield Mobile Response Teams. Around 7 p.m. the Eugene Police Department declared the area surrounding the Eugene Federal Building, in Eugene, Ore. to be an "active riot" on Jan 30. 2026. The protest joins the nationwide day of action calling for no attendance at school or work, and no purchases of any kind, following suit to a similar shutdown in Minneapolis on Jan. 23. (Saj Sundaram/Emerald)
A protester kneels and prays as she faces members of the Eugene and Springfield Mobile Response Teams. Around 7 p.m. the Eugene Police Department declared the area surrounding the Eugene Federal Building, in Eugene, Ore. to be an “active riot” on Jan 30. 2026. The protest joins the nationwide day of action calling for no attendance at school or work, and no purchases of any kind, following suit to a similar shutdown in Minneapolis on Jan. 23. (Saj Sundaram/Emerald)
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A protester raises their hands in the air as a Department of Homeland Security agent points their flashlight and crown control munitions at them. Around 7 p.m. the Eugene Police Department declared the area surrounding the Eugene Federal Building, in Eugene, Ore. to be an "active riot" on Jan 30. 2026. The protest joins the nationwide day of action calling for no attendance at school or work, and no purchases of any kind, following suit to a similar shutdown in Minneapolis on Jan. 23. (Saj Sundaram/Emerald)
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