Advocate.comJustice Department lawyers resign after push to investigate Renee Good's widow
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-staffers-resign-good-investigation
NonilexThe department’s sweeping “pattern or practice” investigation will seek to determine whether the #RankinCounty #Sheriff’s Office engaged in the systemic use of abusive tactics, improperly detained residents & discriminated against racial minorities, Asst AG #KristenClarke said during a news conference.
#racism #PoliceViolence #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #AbuseOfPower #CivilRights #law
John Refior"Specifically, we [the US #DOJ] found that the Phoenix #Police Department and the City of #Phoenix engage in a pattern or practice of using excessive force; unlawfully detaining, ticketing and arresting homeless people; discriminating against Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous people in its policing enforcement; violating the rights of people engaged in demonstrations and protests; and discriminating against people with behavioral health disabilities."
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-justice-department-findings-0
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#KristenClarke #cops
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-justice-department-findings-0
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#KristenClarke #cops
“We hope this significant sentence sends a clear & resounding message that this type of hate-fueled attack against a #church will not be tolerated in our country,” Asst AG #KristenClarke of the #DOJ’s #CivilRights Division said in a news release. “This defendant tried to burn down a church simply because its members created space for & provided support to the #LGBTQ+ community.”
#law #HateCrime #RightWing #extremism #DomesticTerrorism #RightWingMedia
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#KristenClarke
#DOJ Announces Investigation of the City of #Lexington, #Mississippi, and #LexingtonPoliceDepartment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKFqyo1xb_U
DOJ Announces Investigation of the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and Lexington Police Department
"Ameris [a bank with ~$25B in assets] violated the Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, two federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in lending. Our analysis found that from 2016 through 2021, Ameris failed to provide mortgage lending services to majority-Black and Hispanic communities in #Jacksonville"
— AAG #KristenClarke
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-significant-milestone
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#DOJ #redlining #racism #banks #housing #Florida
— AAG #KristenClarke
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-significant-milestone
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#DOJ #redlining #racism #banks #housing #Florida
The #DOJ identified and concluded that persistent deficiencies in policy, training, supervision, and accountability contribute to the unlawful conduct.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-civil-rights-violations-minneapolis-police-department-and-city
Remarks by #MerrickGarland:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-justice-department-findings-civil
Remarks by #VanitaGupta:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/associate-attorney-general-vanita-gupta-delivers-remarks-justice-department-findings
Remarks by #KristenClarke:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-justice-department-findings
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#racism #police #Minnesota #GeorgeFloyd
Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department announced today that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and the City of Minneapolis (City) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. The Department also announced that the city and MPD have agreed in principle to resolve the Department’s findings through a court enforceable consent decree with an independent monitor, rather than through contested litigation.
Despite #Biden's repeated calls to hire 100,000 more cops to #police the country, it's worth it to remember and appreciate that he nominated #KristenClarke as the Assistant Attorney General for #CivilRights. She spoke at the Martin and Coretta King Unity Breakfast in #Selma yesterday:
"The Bloody Sunday march was itself spurred by the beating and murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson by Alabama state troopers, yet police violence remains with us"
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/assistant-attorney-general-kristen-clarke-delivers-remarks-martin-coretta-king-unity
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#DOJ