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  • Are We Returning to Jim Crow?

    When Donald Trump campaigned on the slogan “Make America great again,” many of us saw it for what it was: coded language for taking the mask—or the hood, as it were—off of white supremacy. Since his inauguration, Trump, and those in his administration, have shown that they mean to make good on their promise to…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Won’t Face Federal Charges in Death of John Crawford III

    It’s been almost three years since a Beavercreek, Ohio, police officer fatally shot a black Walmart shopper who was holding a pellet gun that he had unboxed on a store shelf. On Tuesday, federal investigators announced that they would not seek federal charges against the officer in the shooting death of John Crawford III. As…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Trump’s DOJ Civil Rights Pick Defended Corporations Against … Discrimination

    Last week, President Donald Trump put forth his nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, giving many social justice and LGBTQ activists major pause. Eric Dreiband, a Washington, D.C.-based labor attorney, served as general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under President George W. Bush. He has also made a career of…

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    Angela Helm

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  • US Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into the Fatal Shooting of Jordan Edwards

    The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the police shooting death of Jordan Edwards, an unarmed black teenager, in Balch Springs, Texas, a spokesperson for the local district attorney’s office confirmed Thursday. Now former Balch Springs Police Officer Roy Oliver, 37, is facing murder charges in connection with the April 29 shooting…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Baton Rouge, La., Police Officers Will Not Be Charged in Alton Sterling’s Death: Report

    The Justice Department has decided not to charge the officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, according to the Washington Post. Sterling was shot July 5, 2016, after someone called to complain that Sterling was selling CDs out of a car in the parking lot of the Triple S Food Mart and had…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • Justice Department May Reopen Its Investigation Into Murder of Emmett Till 

    The investigation into the 1955 murder of Emmett Till may once again be reopened by the U.S. Department of Justice, with the news coming just a week after Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressed his support for pursuing and prosecuting those involved in the killing who went unpunished. “He said no one gets a pass,” Emmett’s…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • 23 People File Complaint Asking Justice Department to Begin Criminal Probe of Its Boss

    A complaint sent to the U.S. Department of Justice Monday alleges that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his communications with the Russian government and later tried to cover up the lie, and asks the department to launch a criminal inquiry of its boss. The complaint names…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Trump’s DOJ to Drop Charge Texas Voter-ID Law Is Intentionally Discriminatory 

    I would say this current administration is looking funny in the light, but truth be told, it was looking funny in the dark to begin with. And now, on Monday, in a huge reversal, the Justice Department under the Trump administration has decided to drop the department’s position that Republican state lawmakers pushed Texas’ strict…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Justice Department Settles Discrimination Claim Against Denver Sheriff's Department

    The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement Tuesday resolving a claim that the Denver Sheriff’s Department discriminated against immigrants in its hiring policies, a violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). An investigation by the Justice Department found that from approximately Jan. 1, 2015, until approximately March 23, 2016, the Denver Sheriff’s Department…

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    Monique Judge

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  • #NoDAPL: ACLU Asks DOJ to Investigate Law-Enforcement Response to Protesters

    The American Civil Liberties Union and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asking for an investigation into possible violations of constitutional rights and federal laws by law enforcement responding to peaceful #NoDAPL protesters in North Dakota. The letter, addressed to Principal Deputy…

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    Monique Judge

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