The federal takeover of D.C.'s police marks the erosion of democracy and civil rights protections. It's time to organize for ...

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The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and ...

Said Farah, 46, has lived in Minneapolis since 2000, previously voted for Frey, and plans to support him again this fall. He ...

Melba Pearson is a civil rights and criminal law attorney who has worked as a prosecutor and policy expert, and serves as ...

Community members condemned the Minneapolis Police Department for appointing Sgt. Mark Hanneman—who killed Amir Locke in a 2022 no-knock raid—as a use-of-force training officer. Activists called the ...

The settlement, announced on Friday, resolves a nationwide class action focused on algorithmic pricing of rental units and ...

Hankison was on the scene of the botched raid on Breonna Taylor's apartment in March 2020, which ended in Taylor's death.

The U.S. Department of Justice submitted a sentencing memorandum on July 16 requesting a one-day imprisonment for Brett ...

Title: Justice Department’s Bold Move to Dismiss Biden's Police Investigations: A Win for Local Control In a significant shift in federal policy, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division ...

The Justice Department announced Monday it would end a decades-old consent decree, which banned the federal government from ...