Civil Rights Investigation

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

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.

Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a civil rights investigation into the Ferguson Police Department following the murder of 18-year-old Michael Brown. Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel, featuring Maya Rockeymoore, Jeff Johnson and Elroy Sailor discuss the Department of Justice’s wide-ranging investigation into the practices of the St. Louis suburb’s police department. […]