Department Of Justice

Attorney General Garland Discusses Initiative To Combat Lending Discrimination At DOJ

Black Mom Denied Oklahoma Housing Over Race: DOJ

A civil rights complaint was brought against the Lone Wolf Housing Authority, the former executive director and a former program…

by NewsOne Staff

01.01.70

Attorney General Garland Announces Voting Rights Enforcement Action

DOJ Sues Texas Over Racist Redistricting Plans

Since the Voting Rights Act's gutting in the 2013 Supreme Court case Shelby v. Holder, the procedural guardrails that would…

by Anoa Changa

07.18.57

DOJ Launches Investigation Into Mount Vernon PD

Pattern and practice investigations are civil matters and can result in specific measures being implemented as a part of an…

by NewsOne Staff

04.02.56

Utah Schools Reopen With In-Person Learning Amid Pandemic

DOJ: Utah School District Is Racist Against Blacks

Racist harassment of Black students and students of color routinely went ignored, unchallenged and was even encouraged by those in…

by Zack Linly

10.28.37

Washington Sheriff Charged After Racial Profiling Incident

This incident could've gone really wrong with the heavy police presence and a senior law enforcement veteran alleging his life…

by Anoa Changa

01.01.70

KENOSHA, WI - AUGUST 29: Demonstrators protest the police shoot

DOJ Says No Charges In Jacob Blake's Case

The system Is not broken; it is working as Intended. Internal guidance for the Department of Justice explained that action…

by Anoa Changa

01.01.70

Black Women Hail DOJ's Texas Abortion Lawsuit

The announcement that the Department of Justice intends to sue Texas for its recently enacted anti-abortion law was being hailed…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

11.03.05

DOJ Announces 2 Sentenced In Anti-Black Hate Crimes

According to the Department of Justice, the woman used her SUV as her weapon of choice in two separate incidents…

by NewsOne Staff

01.01.70

Attorney General Garland Holds Press Conference On Civil Rights Matter At DOJ

Phoenix Police's Racist History Missing From DOJ Probe

The Department of Justice's newly announced investigation of Phoenix and its police department never specifically mentions the years-long allegations of…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

07.14.82

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka indicted Instagram star Hushpuppi

Instagram Star 'Hushpuppi' Pleads Guilty To Global Fraud

Ramon "Hushpuppi" Abbas, a Nigerian social media star who flaunted a luxurious lifestyle that the DOJ says was obtained through…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

01.01.70

Attorney General Merrick Garland Holds News Conference On Voting Rights Enforcement Action

DOJ Sues Georgia For Racist, Restrictive Election Law

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued the State of Georgia, the Georgia Secretary of State and the Georgia State…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

01.01.70

Kristen Clarke at Senate confirmation hearing April 14, 2021

Kristen Clarke Confirmed As DOJ Civil Rights Leader

Kristen Clarke became the first Black woman and first woman overall to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division with…

by Anoa Changa

03.16.39

Men Charged With The Murder Of Ahmaud Arbery Arraigned In Georgia

Ahmaud Arbery's Family Reacts To DOJ Indictment

With the outcome of the Derek Chauvin trial, many Black families who stand in the grief of losing a lost…

by Charise Frazier

08.20.46

Unpacking Louisville Police Chief’s Response To DOJ Probe

Louisville Police Cheif Erika Shields took an unexpected tack in response to the news that the U.S. Department of Justice…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

01.01.70

Luther Hall, St. Louis detective beaten by 3 white St. Louis cops

White Cops Who Beat Black Detective Avoid Accountability

The criminal trial of three white police officers charged with beating a handcuffed undercover Black detective during the 2017 protests…

by Anoa Changa

01.01.70

Opposition To Kristen Clarke Is Steeped In Anti-Blackness

Nominated to be the first Black woman to lead the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, Kristen Clarke is caught…

by Anoa Changa

01.01.70

Minneapolis, Minnesota, George Floyd memorial at 38th and Chicago who was killed by police.

DOJ Accelerates Investigation Into George Floyd's Murder

Prosecutors recently impaneled a grand jury and interviewed fresh witnesses in the ongoing investigation into Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis…

by Charise Frazier

04.01.97

Biden’s DOJ Wants Omarosa To Pay $61.5K Immediately

The current DOJ is still trying to make Omarosa Manigault Newman pay tens of thousands of dollars that Trump's administration…

by Bruce C.T. Wright

01.01.70

'Cheated Of A Fair Process'

The DOJ announced there lacked sufficient evidence to "support federal criminal charges against Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) Officers Timothy…

by Charise Frazier

01.01.70

Why A DOJ Lawyer Is Aiding Iowa In…

The Justice Department has assigned a federal hate crimes lawyer to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender…

by ionelholloway

12.30.53