As immigration agents police Minneapolis protests, experts warn of training gaps and the rising risk

Federal immigration agents deployed to Minneapolis have used aggressive crowd-control tactics — including pointing rifles at ...

Justice experts on police shootings left out of Minneapolis probe

The move has deepened doubts, already raised by Minnesota officials, about whether the shooting will receive a fair and ...

Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says

The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the ...

Mass exodus hits Justice Department's Civil Rights Division amid lack of action in Minneapolis, sources say

At least six prosecutors, most of whom are supervisors in the Civil Rights Division's criminal section, will be leaving their ...

As protests build in Minneapolis, Portland, Justice Department has scrapped its "Peacemakers" office

In the civil rights era, the agency formed its Community Relations Service, a group of dozens of federal specialists who were ...

Judge dismisses Louisville police reform proposal with the US Department of Justice

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice ...

Judge to hear Portland’s challenge to Justice Department’s demand for protest footage

The Justice Department is engaging in "political weaponization" against "a city the President dislikes," Portland's chief ...

Spokane city council debates financial, legal concerns of DOJ grant to hire more police officers

Council is expected to vote Thursday on whether to accept the $1 million DOJ grant, but one council member believes accepting ...

Spokane will accept DOJ grant to hire more police after community outcry, split council vote

In a 5-2 vote Thursday, Spokane's city council voted to accept the $1 million DOJ grant that some called "bribery" and "fraud ...