May 25 Cleveland, Justice Department reach settlement over police brutality, report says By Justin Scuiletti The city of Cleveland on Monday agreed to a settlement with the Justice Department over the uses of excessive, unconstitutional force by police officers, the New York Times reports. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 6:09 DOJ gets unprecedented guilty plea by five banks for rigging currency markets By PBS News Hour Five major banking institutions pleaded guilty to rigging currencies and manipulating the foreign exchange market in a case brought by the Department of Justice and other authorities. The banks were accused of manipulating the world's largest and least-regulated trading market,… Continue watching
May 11 George Zimmerman sustains minor injuries in Florida shooting By Joshua Barajas George Zimmerman, the Florida resident who was acquitted in the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2013, sustained minor injures from a shooting incident Monday afternoon, the Lake Mary Police Department said. Continue reading
Apr 24 Eric Holder bids farewell to DOJ after 6-year tenure By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder was bidding farewell to the Justice Department on Friday after six years as the nation's top law enforcement official. Continue reading
Apr 24 Lynch to bring prosecutor’s perspective to Justice Department By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — As attorney general Loretta Lynch assumes a portfolio that includes fighting terrorism, preventing cyberattacks and dealing with police and race — issues strikingly similar to what she's dealt with as top federal prosecutor for much of New York… Continue reading
Apr 23 Loretta Lynch is confirmed as next U.S. attorney general By Erica Werner, Associated Press Federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch won confirmation to serve as attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced her to wait more than five months for the title and remained divided to the end. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 3:14 Report: FBI investigators overstated evidence against criminal defendants By PBS News Hour The Justice Department and FBI formally acknowledged that FBI forensic investigators routinely gave flawed testimony overstating evidence against criminal defendants during the 1980s and 1990s. In more than a dozen cases, defendants were later executed or died in prison. Spencer… Continue watching
Apr 18 S.C. activists demand DOJ probe local police killings since 1994 By Daniel Costa-Roberts Civil rights groups in North Charleston, South Carolina have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into all the fatal officer-involved shootings in Charleston County since 1994. Continue reading
Apr 10 Memo to DOJ employees: don’t solicit prostitutes By Associated Press Attorney General Eric Holder has issued a memo to Justice Department employees reminding them that soliciting prostitutes is against agency rules and can lead to suspension or termination. Continue reading
Mar 12 Federal pilot project seeks to stem racial bias in law enforcement By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Six cities have been chosen for a federal pilot program aimed at reducing racial bias and improving relationships between law enforcement and communities. Continue reading