Grasshoppers: Maybe, on a good day, mostly I'm tired, but thank you I appreciate the kind comments. In case anyone missed it, the above quote is from Ken Neubeck, a  member of Eugene’s Human Rights Commission. He has long been a tireless advocate for homeless rights.

I don't know who was right, if anyone, in this incident, but I've been hearing for years that police are harassing homeless people in downtown Eugene even when the homeless are not doing anything to justify it. It's part of the city's effort to drive poor people out of downtown to support businesses. Which do not own downtown because it's public property. I think suburbanites who are used to shopping centers don't understand the public property concept. The want the whole world to look like them. Won't happen.

Ken is right, we need to provide more legal shelter, like Opportunity Village and the "rest stop" camps.