“The man in charge of enforcing hate crimes laws doesn’t think they should exist.”

The vote is expected to move to the full Senate later this week.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote on Jeff Sessions’ attorney general nomination today.

The Department of Justice’s investigation was sparked by the death of Laquan McDonald at the hands of former officer Jason Van Dyke.

It’s the first time a U.S. senator has gone on the record against a colleague during a confirmation hearing.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the department for discriminating against work-authorized undocumented immigrants during the hiring process.

The Maricopa (Arizona) County sheriff allegedly ignored a federal order to stop targeting Phoenix-area Latinxs.

The federal civil rights investigation into Garner’s killing by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo was apparently slowed down by disputes between FBI investigators and Justice Department prosecutors over whether or not to bring charges against the involved officers. 

The agency plans to launch a pilot program by early 2017.

The Justice Department’s COPS Office just made 272 recommendations aimed at revamping the department.

Newly released video shows what happened in the hours leading up to the 2015 jail cell death of the 35-year-old Black man.

Can the Justice and Education Departments’ new guidance help local and state officials effectively—and safely—employ school resource officers?

The announcement came as the Justice Department said it will consider each of the thousands of petitions from people serving prison time for drug-related offenses before the president leaves office.

From recently filed brief: “Incarcerating those who cannot afford to pay the bail amounts, without meaningful consideration of alternatives, infringes on equal protection and due process requirements.

But the policy change will not impact immigration detention centers.

More than 40 documentarians—including the minds behind “Chisholm ‘72: Unbought and Unbossed” and “Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution”—say that citizen journalists have the #RightToRecord and Black lives matter.

“BPD … uses enforcement strategies that unlawfully subject African Americans to disproportionate rates of stops, searches and arrests.”

The parish coroner William “Beau” Clark says this is the first time a judge has sealed a report from his office.

The appeals court decision repeals provisions put in place under the guise of reducing voter fraud.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch: “Today’s announcement is an important step in our ongoing efforts to promote fairness, eliminate bias and build the stronger, safer, more just society that all Americans deserve.”