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Fears for civil rights as Trump taps Maga darling for key justice department role

Rights leaders worry that Harmeet Dhillon could harm work into police misconduct, discrimination and hate crimes

The Guardian - US

Memphis rejects federal calls for police oversight after Tyre Nichols probe

Police practices in the US city came under scrutiny following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in January 2023.

Al Jazeera

Violent, filthy, unsafe: Georgia jail where Trump was booked is condemned in scathing new report

Justice Department says jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights

The Independent UK

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MAGA Ally Jim Jordan Gives DOJ Hard Deadline to Hand Over Documents Related to Verifying Ohio Voters

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has been spearheading an effort to remove noncitizens from voter rolls

Latin Times

Justice Department Sues Virginia For Purging Voters Just Before Election

The feds say the state program, coming too close to the election, violates a provision of the National Voting Rights Act

International Business Times

Justice Department opens cold-case investigation into 1921 Tulsa race massacre

Attorney for living survivors of racist massacre says federal report will set the record straight for the ‘largest crime scene in the history of this country’

The Independent UK

Justice Department finds Georgia is 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked abuses at its prisons

The U.S. Justice Department says Georgia's state prison systems are 'deliberately indifferent' to unchecked deadly violence, widespread drug use, extortion and sexual abuse at state lockups

The Independent UK

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US justice department announces investigation into Tulsa race massacre

Review of 1921 massacre comes months after Oklahoma supreme court dismissed lawsuit brought by two survivors

The Guardian - US

Justice Department will launch civil rights review into 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The U.S. Department of Justice says it plans to launch a review and evaluation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

The Independent UK

Police in small Mississippi city discriminate against Black residents, Justice Department finds

A Justice Department investigation has found that police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against people who criticize them

The Independent UK

Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff's department over brutality

Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department

The Independent UK

Justice Department opens civil rights probe into sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men

The Independent UK

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee's largest prison

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into a privately operated Tennessee prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years

The Independent UK

Federal investigators find horrific ‘pattern of abuse’ at juvenile detention centers in Texas

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said the centers violate the US constitution

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The Guardian - US

Texas lockups violate minors’ constitutional rights, says US justice department

Department of Justice report found pattern of sexual abuse and mistreatment in the state’s juvenile justice facilities

Latin Times

DOJ finds Phoenix Police discriminated against minorities in historic investigation

The DOJ found, among other things, the Phoenix Police Department violates constitutional rights, particularly those of homeless, Hispanic and Black people

The Independent UK

Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says

The U.S. Justice Department says Phoenix police violate people’s rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly force

The Guardian - US

US school district where students held mock slave auction settles with DoJ

Federal investigation found evidence of repeated racist harassment among Hawkins county, Tennessee, students

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US Tech Firm Pays $7500 Fine After Job Posting Looking For 'Whites Only Within Texas' Goes Viral

US tech firm settles for racist job ad, faces fines and reforms. On the other hand, job seekers face a double whammy: Bias and automation threats.

The Independent UK

Tech company fined by DOJ over ‘whites only’ job posting

In March 2023, a recruiter for Arthur Grand Technologies posted a job advertisement looking for ‘US Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates]’

The Guardian - US

Top US justice department official says she is domestic abuse survivor

Kristen Clarke also tells CNN she was once arrested for expunged offense, sparking calls from rightwingers for her resignation

Reason

Justice Department Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in 3 More Mississippi Prisons

Mississippi's prisons are falling apart, run by gangs, and riddled with sexual assaults, a Justice Department report says.

The Independent UK

Justice Department sues Texas developer accused of luring Hispanic homebuyers into predatory loans

The Justice Department has filed its first predatory mortgage lending case against a Texas developer accused of luring tens of thousands of Hispanic homebuyers into “bait and switch” sales through platforms like TikTok

The Independent UK

Justice Department opens probe of police in small Mississippi city over alleged civil rights abuses

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city

WEKU

DOJ opens civil rights probes into South Carolina jails beset by deaths and violence

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

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