FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) â Department of Justice investigators on Wednesday heard one story after another about police harassment and brutality in Ferguson, the suburban St. Louis city where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer last month. At least 300 people crammed into a room at St. Louis Community College’s Florissant […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) â A Pentagon program that distributes military surplus gear to local law enforcement allows even departments that the Justice Department has censured…
WASHINGTON (AP) â The Justice Department plans to open an investigation into the practices of the Ferguson Police Department following an officer’s shooting last month of an unarmed black man in the Missouri town, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday night. The person said the investigation could be announced as early as Thursday. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) â As the Justice Department probes the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Missouri, history suggests there’s no guarantee of a criminal prosecution, let alone a conviction. Federal authorities investigating possible civil rights violations in the Aug. 9 death of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson must meet a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) â How much will Bank of America’s expected $17 billion mortgage settlement cost the company? The answer is, almost certainly not that much. In mega-settlements negotiated with the government, a dollar is rarely worth an actual dollar. Inflated figures make sensational headlines for the Justice Department, and $17 billion would be the largest […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday a proposal currently being examined by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that will pave the way for certain individuals…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday a proposal currently being examined by the U.S. Sentencing Commission that will pave the way for certain individuals…
Attorney General Eric Holder and the U.S. Department of Justice released reports regarding accomplishments in various areas of the department. On Monday, the DOJ’s Civil…
The Justice Department announced Thursday morning the creation of a new center that ties in with President Barack Obama‘s âMy Brother’s Keeperâ initiative. The National…
Another dead black man. Another mysterious death. Another federal investigation. And yet, there are no immediate answers for why Alfred Wright, a 28-year-old physical therapist and a married father of three, was found dead in a field in Jasper, Texas. Not one. What makes this case more curious — and insidious — is that Wright […]
 Just when we thought DMX was on the right track to getting himself together, this happens. DMX’s bankruptcy case may be in jeopardy because…
Our collective outrage after the Trayvon Martin verdict has a welcome upside – a galvanized protest movement sweeping the country hoping to persuade the Justice Department to bring federal charges against Trayvon’s killer George Zimmerman. To that end, Al Sharpton and the National Action Network are organizing a 100 city vigil on Saturday, July 20, […]
