News

The DOJ moved to ease the federal consent decree against the Baltimore Police Department stemming from the in-custody death of Freddie Gray.

Crime

A suspected white supremacist threatened to kill Black and brown people.

Race Matters

Izaye Eubanks terrorized his victims "because of their national origin," the DOJ said.

Crime

Dylan Hudson beat and pistol-whipped a "nonviolent" Black man suspected of loitering.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

It's the latest federal probe of a city and its police department accused of civil rights violations.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

The jails with reputations for violent deaths and sexual abuse are suspected of civil rights violations.

Crime

Arthur Ray Hanson allegedly threatened Fulton County DA, sheriff over Trump taking a mugshot.

A white man in Loganville, Georgia, fired a gun at his Black neighbor's home while using racial slurs, according to a DOJ federal indictment.

Civil Rights & Social Justice

The U.S. Department of Justice launched a civil pattern or practice investigation into Trenton, New Jersey, and its police department. You can’t reform this, but Kristen Clarke is trying.

Dalvin Gadson, an unhoused veteran, was the victim of extreme police violence during a violent traffic stop.

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.

Crime

Alan Douglas Fox of Nashville is facing up to 20 years in prison for setting four churches on fire as well as a five-year sentence for a firearms violation for carrying and using a firearm during one of the arsons.