The Justice Department

Investigating & Prosecuting Those Responsible for the Jan. 6 Breach of the U.S. Capitol

Title: Investigating & Prosecuting Those Responsible for the Jan. 6 Breach of the U.S. Capitol
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisYearAtJustice: Investigating & Prosecuting Those Responsible for the Jan. 6 Breach of the U.S. Capitol

Title: This Year at Justice | 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Learn about #ThisYearAtJustice

This Week at Justice - December 17, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - December 17, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Derek Chauvin Pleaded Guilty in Federal Court to Depriving George Floyd and a Minor Victim of Their Constitutional Rights
• Assistant Attorney General for the Environment & Natural Resources Division Todd Kim Delivered Remarks at the American Bar Association’s National Environmental Enforcement Conference
• United States and Australia Entered CLOUD Act Agreement to Facilitate Investigations of Serious Crime

United States and Australia Sign Bilateral Agreement to Strengthen Public Safety for Both Countries

Title: United States and Australia Sign Bilateral Agreement to Strengthen Public Safety for Both Countries
Runtime: 8:42
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The United States and Australia signed a landmark agreement that will facilitate access to electronic data for investigations of serious crime, including terrorism and child sexual abuse.

Related Press Release:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-and-australia-enter-cloud-act-agreement-facilitate-investigations-serious-crime

This Week at Justice - December 10, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - December 10, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Discussed Antitrust Efforts During the Wall Street Journal CEO Council
• Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
• Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Gives Remarks at the National Association of Attorneys General Capital Forum

Attorney General Garland Provides Remarks at the National Association of Attorneys

Title: Attorney General Garland Provides Remarks at the National Association of Attorneys
Runtime: 15:56
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: This morning Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed a bipartisan group of 27 State Attorneys General as part of the Capital Forum hosted by National Association of Attorneys General.

In his remarks, Attorney General Garland outlined the three core and co-equal priorities that guide the Justice Department’s work: upholding the rule of law; protecting civil rights; and keeping our country safe. He also emphasized the long history and continuing importance of cooperation between the U.S. Department of Justice and State Attorneys General to ensure economic opportunity and fairness for all Americans through robust antitrust enforcement.

Read full remarks at: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-addresses-national-association-attorneys-general

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans

Title: DOJ Files Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Challenge Statewide Redistricting Plans
Runtime: 10:53
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against the State of Texas and the Texas Secretary of State, challenging the State’s redistricting plans for the Texas congressional delegation and the Texas House of Representatives.

Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-state-texas-challenge-statewide-redistricting-plans

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-announcing-lawsuit-against-state-1

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/associate-attorney-general-vanita-gupta-delivers-remarks-announcing-lawsuit-against-state

Title: This Week at Justice - December 3, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Administration Releases National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
• Wife of “El Chapo” Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
• Justice Department Announced Completion of Fourth Annual Money Mule Initiative Targeting Fraud Schemes
• The Department of Justice Announced an Investigation of The Mount Vernon Police Department in New York
• Justice Department Released Statement from Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke on World AIDS Day

This Week at Justice - November 19, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - November 19, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #This Week at Justice

• The Justice Department Announced $139 Million for Law Enforcement Hiring to Advance Community Policing
• Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivered Remarks at the Chief FOIA Officers Council Meeting
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivered Remarks at the 2021 White House Tribal Nations Summit
• AAG Clarke Delivered Remarks at Unsung Heroes: A Civil Rights Division Celebration of Diverse Veterans

This Week at Justice - November 12, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - November 12, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Attorney General Garland Directed Steps to Safeguard the Rights of and Ensure Access to Justice for Veterans & Servicemembers
• Ukrainian Arrested and Charged with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya Involving Sodinokibi/REvil Ransomware
• DOJ Announced an Environmental Justice Investigation into Alabama Department of Public Health and Lowndes County
• Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for Trafficking Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn

Ukrainian Arrested and Charged with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya

Title: Ukrainian Arrested and Charged with Ransomware Attack on Kaseya
Runtime: 32:25
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Justice Department announced actions taken against two foreign nationals charged with deploying Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware to attack businesses and government entities in the United States.

An indictment charges Yaroslav Vasinskyi, 22, a Ukrainian national, with conducting ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including the July 2021 attack against Kaseya, a multi-national information technology software company.

The department also announced the seizure of $6.1 million in funds traceable to alleged ransom payments received by Yevgeniy Polyanin, 28, a Russian national, who is also charged with conducting Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware attacks against multiple victims, including businesses and government entities in Texas on or about Aug. 16, 2019.

Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/ukrainian-arrested-and-charged-ransomware-attack-kaseya

Title: This Week at Justice - November 5, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• The Justice Department Filed a Lawsuit Against the State of Texas to Protect Voting Rights
• The Justice Department Sued to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Rival Publisher Simon & Schuster
• COPS Office Announced Funding to Combat Illegal Opioids and Methamphetamine
• AAG Kristen Clarke Delivered Remarks at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Legislative Summit

Title: This Week at Justice - October 29, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Testified at a Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Committee
• International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the Darknet Resulted in 150 Arrests
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announced the Restoration of a Standalone Office for Access to Justice
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivered Remarks at ABA's 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime
• DOJ Announced a Multi-Million Dollar Civil Settlement in Principle in Mother Emanuel Charleston Church Mass Shooting
• Attorney General Garland Gave Remarks at the Civil Rights Division’s Virtual Conference ‘Confronting Hate’

DAG Monaco Gives Keynote Address at ABA's 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime

Title: DAG Monaco Gives Keynote Address at ABA's 36th National Institute on White Collar Crime
Runtime: 21:01
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco, “Corporate Crime Advisory Group and Initial Revisions to Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policies,” October 28, 2021: https://www.justice.gov/dag/page/file/1445106/download

International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the Darknet

Title: International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the Darknet
Runtime: 28:12
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team joined Europol to announce the results of Operation Dark HunTor, a coordinated international effort on three continents to disrupt opioid trafficking on the Darknet. The operation, which was conducted across the United States, Australia, and Europe, was a result of the continued partnership between JCODE and foreign law enforcement against the illegal sale of drugs and other illicit goods and services. Operation Dark HunTor builds on the success of last year’s Operation DisrupTor and the coordinated law enforcement takedown earlier this year of DarkMarket, the world’s then-largest illegal marketplace on the Darknet. At the time, German authorities arrested the marketplace’s alleged operator and seized the site’s infrastructure, providing investigators across the world with a trove of evidence. Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) and JCODE have since been compiling intellig...

Title: This Week at Justice - October 22, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• The Justice Department Announced the Launch of a New Initiative to Combat Lending Discrimination
• Attorney General Garland Testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary
• Attorney General Garland and Associate Attorney General Gupta Delivered Remarks at “Taking the Call” Conference
• Deputy Attorney General Monaco Delivered Opening Remarks at the Criminal Division’s Cybersecurity Roundtable
• Department of Justice Issued Annual Report to Congress on its Work to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse

Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Combat Redlining

Title: Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Combat Redlining
Runtime: 25:13
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing services to individuals living in communities of color because of the race or national origin of the people who live in those communities. The new Initiative represents the department’s most aggressive and coordinated enforcement effort to address redlining, which is prohibited by the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act.

Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-remarks-announcing-new-initiative-combat

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-new-initiative-combat-redlining

Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions at Five Juvenile Facilities in Texas

Title: Justice Department Announces Investigation into Conditions at Five Juvenile Facilities in Texas
Runtime: 21:04
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The investigation will examine whether Texas provides children confined in the facilities reasonable protection from physical and sexual abuse by staff and other residents, excessive use of chemical restraints and excessive use of isolation. The investigation will also examine whether Texas provides adequate mental health care.

DAG Monaco Speaks at Criminal Division Cybersecurity Roundtable: The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape

Title: DAG Monaco Speaks at Criminal Division Cybersecurity Roundtable: The Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape
Runtime: 16:33
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description

Panel: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and its Role in the Federal Response to 9/11

Title: Panel: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and its Role in the Federal Response to 9/11
Runtime: 1:33:51
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Panel Discussion: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and its Role in the Federal Response to 9/11

Video courtesy of Mount Sinai

Title: This Week at Justice - October 15, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisWeekatJustice

• Attorney General Garland Remembers Fallen Law Enforcement Officers During Police Week
• Maryland Nuclear Engineer and Spouse Arrested on Espionage-Related Charges
• Department of Justice Redoubles Efforts to Find and Prosecute Those Responsible for the 2001 Murder of Federal Prosecutor Tom Wales
• The Justice Department Announced Investigation into Conditions at Five Juvenile Facilities in Texas

Title: This Week at Justice - October 8, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Issued a Statement on Recent Deaths and Injuries of Law Enforcement Personnel
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Released a Statement Regarding Texas SB8
• Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Testified Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Voting Rights
• The Deputy Attorney General Testified Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Violence Against Women Act
• The Justice Department Commemorated National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Announced $476+ Million in Grants
• The Justice Department Awarded Over $33 Million in Grants to Advance Community Policing Efforts

Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Provides Remarks for National Community Policing Week

Title: Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Provides Remarks for National Community Policing Week
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced over $33 million in funding to advance the practice of community policing in law enforcement. Community Policing Development (CPD) program funds are used to support promising practices through the development and testing of innovative strategies; building knowledge about effective practices and outcomes; and supporting new, creative approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities.

Title: This Week at Justice - October 1, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Department of Justice Announced DEA Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills
• Ronald Davis was Sworn in by the Attorney General as Director of the U.S. Marshals Service
• R. Kelly was Convicted on All Counts by a Federal Jury in Brooklyn

Department of Justice Announces DEA Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills

Title: Department of Justice Announces DEA Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills
Runtime: 27:13
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Today, at a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.

Related:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-dea-seizures-historic-amounts-deadly-fentanyl-laced-fake-pills

https://www.dea.gov/onepill

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/deputy-attorney-general-lisa-monaco-delivers-remarks-announcing-drug-enforcement-and

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2021/09/30/dea-seizes-historic-amounts-deadly-fentanyl-laced-fake-pills-public

This Week at Justice - September 24, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - September 24, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• The Department Unveiled a New Website on Access to Voting
• The Justice Department Sued to Block Unprecedented Domestic Alliance Between American Airlines and JetBlue
• Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivered Remarks to the National Farmers Union
• Assistant Attorney General Polite Participated in a Repatriation Ceremony of a Cuneiform Tablet to the Republic of Iraq
• Department of Justice Launched a Program to Help Police Respond to Mass Violence

This Week at Justice - September 17, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - September 17, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisWeekatJustice

• Attorney General Garland Announced Department-Wide Policy on Chokeholds and 'No-Knock' Entries
• Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Announced a Civil Rights Investigation into Conditions in Georgia Prisons
• Associate Attorney General Gupta Delivered Remarks at Georgetown Law’s 15th Annual Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium
• Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. Delivered Remarks Regarding 2021 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announced Results of Monitor Review

This Week at Justice - September 10, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - September 10, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Justice Department Sues Texas: Complaint Alleges Senate Bill 8 Violates the Constitution by Effectively Banning Most Abortions
• The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Released a Special Report to Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
• VCF Master Bhattacharyya Participated in a 9/11 Health Watch Panel
• The Department of Justice Held a Remembrance Ceremony to Honor the 20th Anniversary of September 11

Attorney General Garland Delivers Remarks Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks

Title: Attorney General Garland Delivers Remarks Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks
Runtime: 3:52
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks Honoring the 20th Anniversary of the September 11 Attacks.

Justice Department Sues Texas Over Senate Bill 8

Title: Justice Department Sues Texas Over Senate Bill 8
Runtime: 9:50
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to prevent the State of Texas from enforcing Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which went into effect on Sept. 1 and effectively bans most abortions in the state.

Communications Related: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-texas-over-senate-bill-8

This Week at Justice - September 3, 2021

Title: This Week at Justice - September 3, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisWeekatJustice

• The FBI and CISA Issued an Alert Urging Vigilance Against Ransomware Attacks
• Eviction Crisis Prompted Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Call to Action to Legal Community
• Attorney General Garland Issued a Statement on 2020 FBI Hate Crimes in the United States Statistics
• The Justice Department Issued Guidance on Federal Statutes Regarding Redistricting and Methods for Electing Public Officials
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Released a Statement Regarding Texas SB8
• ISIS Militant and ‘Beatles’ Member Pleads Guilty to Role in Deaths of Four Americans in Syria
• The Justice Department Announced the First Federal Agents to Use Body-Worn Cameras
• DOJ and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Announced Actions Addressing Discrimination Claims Against Cadence Bank

Eviction Crisis Prompts AG Merrick Garland’s Call to Action to Legal Community

Title: Eviction Crisis Prompts AG Merrick Garland’s Call to Action to Legal Community
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Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Eviction Crisis Prompts AG Merrick Garland’s Call to Action to Legal Community

Title: This Week at Justice - August 27, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Met With Election Officials Regarding Threats to Election Workers
• Multiple Defendants in 'Grandparent Scam' Network Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy
• Leader of ‘Atomwaffen’ Conspiracy Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Threatening Journalists and Advocates
• Justice Department Obtained Settlement from Kentucky Landlord and Rental Manager to Resolve Claims of Sexual Harassment

Title: This Week at Justice - August 20, 2021
Runtime: 2:15
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisWeekatJustice

• Department of Justice Filed an Emergency Petition to the Supreme Court
• Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Testified Before the House Judiciary Committee
• Justice Department and DHS Published Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Make Asylum Process More Efficient and Ensure Fairness
• Pharmacist Arrested for Selling COVID Vaccination Cards Online
• The Justice Department Filed a Statement of Interest Regarding Missouri's 'Second Amendment Preservation Act'

Back-to-School Message for Transgender Students from the U.S. Depts of Justice, Education, and HHS

Title: Back-to-School Message for Transgender Students from the U.S. Depts of Justice, Education, and HHS
Runtime: 4:55
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the the Civil Rights Division, Department of Education Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Suzanne Goldberg, and Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine issue a joint back to school message for transgender youth.

Title: This Week at Justice - August 13, 2021
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: #ThisWeekatJustice

• Attorney General Garland and Associate Attorney General Gupta Met with State Chief Justices Regarding the Eviction Crisis
• The Justice Department Reached Agreement with Brown University to Ensure Equal Access for Students with Mental Health Disabilities
• A Proposed Consent Decree was Reached with New Jersey to Resolve Sexual Abuse Claims at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
• Telemedicine Company Owner Charged in Superseding Indictment for $784 Million Health Care Fraud

Title: This Week at Justice - August 6, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• The Justice Department Announced Investigation of the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Other Department Officials Participated in National Night Out Events
• Nine Defendants Were Indicted in an Interstate Gun-Trafficking Scheme in New York City
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Released an Op-Ed on the Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

Justice Department Announces Investigation of the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department

Title: Justice Department Announces Investigation of the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department
Runtime: 13:51
Date posted: 5 years ago
Description: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division announced today that the Justice Department has opened a pattern or practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (PhxPD).

This investigation will assess all types of use of force by PhxPD officers, including deadly force. The investigation will also seek to determine whether PhxPD engages in retaliatory activity against people for conduct protected by the First Amendment; whether PhxPD engages in discriminatory policing; and whether PhxPD unlawfully seizes or disposes of the belongings of individuals experiencing homelessness. In addition, the investigation will assess the City and PhxPD’s systems and practices for responding to people with disabilities. The investigation will include a comprehensive review of PhxPD policies, training, supervision, and force investigations, as well as PhxPD’s systems of accountability, in...

Title: This Week at Justice - July 30, 2021
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Date posted: 5 years ago
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• The Department Filed a Lawsuit Against the State of Texas and Governor Greg Abbott Challenging Executive Order No. GA-37
• Attorney General Garland Delivered Remarks to Commemorate the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
• The Justice Department Issued Guidance on Federal Statutes Regarding Voting Methods and Post-Election “Audits”
• Nine MS-13 Gang Members Indicted in Racketeering and Violent Crime Conspiracy
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Released a Statement on Aon and Willis Towers Watson Decision to Terminate Merger Agreement