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May 31, 2012
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the state of Florida to halt its purge of suspected non-U.S. citizens from…
May 10, 2012
PHOENIX (AP) - Federal authorities have said they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations…
May 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The fate of Sanford's police chief appears to be in a state of suspended animation, with the…
April 11, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will take appropriate action in the killing…
April 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a letter written at the request of a federal appellate judge, Attorney General Eric Holder on…
April 4, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A case that became the centerpiece of the Justice Department's push to clean up the troubled…
April 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The family of Trayvon Martin responded to Seminole County State Attorney Norman Wolfinger Tuesday, after he called…
March 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Zimmerman is thought to have gone into hiding -- his official statement and account of what occurred…
March 25, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of…
March 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Justice Department's decision to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American Florida teen by a…
March 21, 2012
OPINION - By making any public statements about the ongoing investigation the White House could derail the efforts of the…
March 20, 2012
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - The phone call that recorded Martin's final moments was disclosed as the U.S. Justice Department opened…
February 7, 2012
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) - South Carolina is suing the U.S. Justice Department, saying it was wrong to block the…
January 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department is defending the legality of President Barack Obama's recent recess appointment of a national…
December 23, 2011
TheGrio REPORT -- The Justice Department on Friday moved to block South Carolina's voter ID law, saying it unfairly burdens…
December 5, 2011
ProPublica - Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president's ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis…
November 28, 2011
OPINION - For African-Americans, the stakes are high. Black people still suffer from wounds of the civil rights movement, and…
November 17, 2011
MIAMI - The U.S. Justice Department is launching a civil investigation into the policies and training involving deadly force in…
September 22, 2011
theGrio REPORT - National Action Network president and television host Rev. Al Sharpton is calling on the U.S. Justice Department…
September 16, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Experts aren't sure why. The expectation had been that crime would increase in a weak economy with…