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Last week, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Deputy Director Paul Abbate of the FBI and Component Head Justin Lock of the Community Relations Service (CRS) hosted two webinars with community stakeholders from Jewish, Muslim, Arab and Palestinian communities. The webinars build on the department’s vigorous efforts to combat rising violence and threats of violence based on their religion, race, color, ethnicity or national origin.
This week, Justice Department leaders met with law enforcement and community leaders at a time of increased threats against Jewish, Muslim, and Arab communities across the country. The Department remains vigilant in combating threats against Americans based on their religion, race, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
The Justice Department today commemorates International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day that celebrates and lifts up the accomplishments of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people throughout the United States.
The Justice Department announced today that the independent federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal charges against Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake, II. Career prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Louisiana and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, along with officials from the FBI and the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service, met today with Sterling’s family and
The Justice Department’s Community Relations Service (CRS) released three videos today highlighting the impact of their work in Sanford, Florida; Duluth, Minnesota; and Jackson, Mississippi. These videos provide a sample of the successful services provided by CRS and the lasting impact made on communities.
Alan James Watson, 47, of Clinton Township, Mich., was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for fraudulently soliciting and accepting $40 million from more than 900 members of his investment club, Cash Flow Financial LLC (CFF).