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  • Remembering June 1st - Could the pepper spraying and tree cutting happen again?

    05/31/2002 11:32:52 PM PDT · by Glutton · 50 replies · 499+ views
    the Eugene Weekly ^ | 26 May 2002 | By Alan Pittman
        Remembering June 1stCould the pepper spraying and tree cutting happen again?By Alan PittmanFive years ago, the city of Eugene was in such a rush to start building the Broadway Place project that they roasted tree sitter Jim Flynn alive, dousing him with can after can of pepper spray while he dangled 40 feet up in a tree. Early on a Sunday morning, police in a fire truck rescue bucket cut Flynn's pants to his crotch to expose more flesh, allowing the spray to burn his genitals and anus. Officers punched Flynn in the arms and ribs over...