Readout of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Quarterly …
2 days ago · The Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative, housed in the Civil Rights Division, hosted today’s meeting with state and local civil and human rights partners, including representatives from various State Attorneys’ General offices and …
Civil Rights Division News - United States Department of Justice
Oct 25, 2024 · Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Challenge to the Constitutionality of Solitary Confinement of Children in Juvenile Justice Settings October 25, 2024 Press Release
Civil Rights Division - United States Department of Justice
Oct 22, 2024 · The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, created in 1957 by the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, works to uphold the civil and constitutional rights of all persons in the United States, particularly some of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Office of Public Affairs - United States Department of Justice
Oct 11, 2024 · This was the fourth such convening by the Civil Rights Division, coming up on the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (EO 14110), which tasks the Civil Rights Division with coordinating federal agencies to use our authorities to prevent ...
Office of Public Affairs - United States Department of Justice
Oct 30, 2024 · Consistent with longstanding Justice Department practices and procedures, the department today is providing information about its efforts, through the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Division, National Security Division (NSD), and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country, to ensure that all qualified voters have the opportunity to …
Former Missouri State Trooper Charged with Civil Rights Crimes
3 days ago · David McKnight, 39, was indicted by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau with one count of destroying records in a federal investigation and nine counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, namely the right …
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Oct 24, 2024 · “The Justice Department is committed to ensuring workers are able to speak up about discrimination without fear of unlawful retaliation.” The Civil Rights Division’s Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) determined that State Farm terminated a worker and placed her on a “do not hire” list because the worker opposed State Farm ...
District of Columbia - United States Department of Justice
Nov 4, 2024 · The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and FBI Assistant Director in Charge David Sundberg of the Washington Field Office. Smith pleaded guilty on October 18, 2023, to deprivation of rights under color of law.
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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Justice Department’s Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bank to pay $31M redlining settlement, DOJ’s largest ever
Jan 12, 2023 · The Justice Department accused Los Angeles-based City National Bank on Thursday of discriminating against Black and Latino residents, requiring the bank to pay more than $31 million in what is the largest redlining settlement in DOJ history.