March 26, 2003
Source: The Register-Guard
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2003/03/26/a1.hatecrimes.0326.html
On March 26, 2003 The Register-Guard reported that "about 20 [Springfield, OR] officials representing schools, law enforcement and the religious community, as well as local politicans gathered for a news conference in Springfield City Hall to announce that acts of ethnic and religious intolerance would not be tolerated... Their remarks were underscored by the arrest Monday of a Eugene man on a hate crime charge after he allegedly intimidated a woman who was wearing a turban."