Responding in the wake of the Department of Justice’s counter-suit against North Carolina, NC Gov. says federal government should undo hallmark legislation of the 1960s. This is how it starts. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory is still refusing to admit that his “bathroom bill” – the law known formally as …
Read More »U.S. Government Sues City Of Ferguson Over Police Reform
The U.S. government and Attorney General Loretta Lynch are tired of waiting on Ferguson to clean up its police department. Today the feds filed a lawsuit against the Missouri City for unconstitutional police misconduct after the Ferguson City Council changed the terms of a deal it had been negotiating with the …
Read More »Feds Investigate The Killing of Mario Woods by SFPD
Finally, two months after five officers shot and killed 26-year-old black man Mario Woods, the US Department of Justice will launch an investigation into his death. The killing has prompted widespread criticism of the SFPD after cell phone videos surfaced calling into question whether the officers’ use of force was justified. …
Read More »Loretta Lynch on police misconduct: “We’re at a point now similar to 50 years ago with the civil rights movement”
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the highest law enforcement official in the United States, spoke out on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She compared the public’s involvement in stories of police misconduct with the brutality of the Civil Right’s Movement. “The televising of the police dogs and …
Read More »U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks out about gender and racial bias in sexual assault cases, gives police new guidelines
A long-term study by the A.P. reveals over 1,000 police officers have been dismissed between 2009 and 2014 for sexual assault and misconduct. Daniel Holtzclaw, declared guilty last week of 18 counts of rape and sexual assault, preyed upon black women with prior arrests in the lowest social classes, knowing that …
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