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Here's what that may mean for Black folks.

Robert Lashley, who pleaded guilty to brutally beating a Black man because of his race in an attack that involved an ax, faces 10 years in prison.

The Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus sent a letter pressing AG Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray to act on Black college bomb threats.

Several Republican-led states are facing similar challenges from the Department of Justice.

The ex-mayor faces up to 20 years in prison.

Despite countless incidents in the intervening 30 years, police accountability continues to be sidelined in favor of unchecked funding increases.

The move comes following the county's decision to adopt a new map after data was published about Black and Brown population growth in the 2020 Census.

Chad Stark from Leander, Texas, was arrested for death threats made against Georgia election officials on the day of the Georgia Senate runoff race.

A civil rights complaint was brought against the Lone Wolf Housing Authority, the former executive director and a former program assistant in December 2020.  

At the time, Ole Hougen was on probation from another racially motivated attack that he committed in 2018 involving a different Black male victim. The DOJ noted that this was Hougen's fourth attack against a Black person in the last seven years.

Pattern and practice investigations are civil matters and can result in specific measures being implemented as a part of an agreement with the department and the DOJ. Investigators are also supposed to consider community experiences and insights as a part of the process. 

The DOJ's $88 million settlement especially rebukes white supremacists since that number is also a hate symbol, underscoring the significance of the amount of money awarded to Charleston Church massacre survivors and victims' families, all of whom are Black.