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HOUSTON (AP) — The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in his native Houston, as his death two weeks ago continues to stoke protests in America and beyond over racial injustice, and spurred France to abruptly halt the ...
... Justice Department put out more complete transcripts. GWEN IFILL: In the presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden went after Donald Trump today over his calls for action against Muslims. In a Washington speech, the vice president didn't directly name the Republican nominee-to-be, but his target was clear ...
... civil rights abuses. Many of those investigations end with a consent decree in which the police force commits to an overhaul of its practices. The Justice Department has the ability to sue when talks break down. Knowles and Councilman Brian Fletcher said the council recently notified the Justice Department that ...
... details about the department's racially biased and profit-driven enforcement and prosecution. ERIC HOLDER, Attorney General: As detailed in what I will call our searing report -- and it is searing -- also released by the Justice Department today, this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized, a community where ...
Dempsey called his conduct “reprehensible” and apologized to the police officers whom he assaulted, “You were performing your duties, and I responded with hostility and violence,” he said before learning his sentence. Justice Department prosecutors recommended a prison sentence of 21 years and 10 months for Dempsey, a former construction ...
... for re-election. In remarks at the White House Thursday evening, Biden denied that he improperly shared classified information and angrily lashed out at Hur for questioning his mental acuity, particularly his recollection of the timing of his late son Beau’s death from cancer. The searing findings will almost ...
... this reality, aware of our path and focused on how we can lock arms, to build a better future for ourselves, for our children and for our grandchildren.” Young, the King adviser and former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., said he thinks it unwise for him to predict ...
The extreme heat scorching much of the country is particularly brutal for incarcerated Americans. In Texas, more than two-thirds of prisoner living areas lack air conditioning. Earlier in 2023, an effort to include funding for prison air conditioning in the state’s budget failed in the Texas Senate. Maurice ...
... killed and dozens injured late Monday when a fuel truck overturned and exploded. It happened in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, burning cars and scorching buildings. The mayor toured the scene as daylight showed the extent of the destruction. Yvrose Pierre, Mayor of Cap-Haitien, Haiti (through translator): I ...
... on sex trafficking and other charges that he stalked a political opponent. A judge ordered the former tax collector back to jail earlier this month for violating the conditions of his release. "I believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to criminalize my sexual ...
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