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☆ Georgia's Fulton County Jail violates rights of detainees with violence and filth, feds say
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The department on Thursday announced its findings from a civil rights investigation that had opened in July 2023 into conditions of Fulton County Jail in Georgia. Fulton County and the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment Thursday. Fulton County Jail: Home to stabbings, assaults, pests and a lack of careThe lengthy report presented a staggering portrait of violence and death at the Fulton County Jail. The report found that Fulton County Jail failed to protect detainees from the risk of harm from violence and sexual violence. Further, Fulton County Jail deputies and detention officers use force against incarcerated people without adequate justification, including deploying Tasers without reasonable cause, the document said.

Persons: Lashawn Thompson, It’s, Lashawn Thompson Thompson, WXIA, Thompson, Thompson’s, Thursday's, General Merrick Garland, ”, Kristen Clarke Organizations: Sheriff’s, NBC, Georgia Tech, Office, Justice Department’s Civil Rights, Justice, U.S, Justice Department Locations: Georgia’s Fulton County, Fulton County Jail, Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County, Atlanta

☆ Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta unconstitutionally subjects inmates to “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions” that threaten their safety, a US Justice Department official said Thursday, announcing the results of a 16-month investigation. “We cannot turn a blind eye to the inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions that people are subjected to inside the Fulton County Jail,” Clarke said. The deaths of Thompson and other inmates in the mental health unitThe 105-page report lays out examples of the problems it alleges, including the treatment of inmates with mental health challenges. Meanwhile, around 75% of the people who have died at the jail since 2021 had a mental health diagnosis or history of mental illness, Buchanan said. “The Fulton County Jail had as many stabbings in a single month as the Miami-Dade County Jail had all year, and that’s a facility with one-and-a-half times more people,” Clarke said.

Persons: ” Kristen Clarke, Lashawn Thompson, “, ” Clarke, Thompson, Kristen Clarke, WANF, ” Ryan Buchanan, ” Buchanan, Michael Harper, ” Harper, Thompson’s, –, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, Buchanan, ”, CNN’s Ryan Young, Nick Valencia, Hannah Rabinowitz, Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, Jail, US Justice Department, Justice, US, Justice Department, Sheriff’s, Northern, Northern District of, Thompson’s, Fulton County Sheriff, Miami, Department team’s Locations: Fulton, Atlanta, Northern District, Northern District of Georgia, Fulton County, Dade, Union City

The Department of Justice sued the Mississippi Senate on Friday, alleging that it discriminated against a Black employee for years by paying her "significantly less" than her white colleagues. The DOJ said the state Senate’s Legal Services Office paid a Black staff attorney about half the salary of her white peers, in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The lawsuit said Kristie Metcalfe, who has since left her job, received compensation well below that of her white co-workers. “The Black employee at issue in this lawsuit was paid about half the salary of her white colleagues in violation of federal law. The Justice Department said it is seeking back pay and compensatory damages for Metcalfe, “in addition to injunctive and other appropriate relief.”

Persons: Kristie Metcalfe, ”, Kristen Clarke, “, ” Clarke, Metcalfe, Tate Reeves, Delbert Hosemann Organizations: of Justice, Mississippi Senate, DOJ, Legal, Civil, Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Mississippi Gov, Republican, Senate, Gov, The Justice Department Locations: Mississippi, “

A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the murder of a Black transgender woman. Ritter was the first person tried and convicted under federal hate crime law for fatal violence against a trans person. Dime Doe was fatally stabbed in 2019. “With today’s sentencing, the defendant is being held accountable for the senseless murder of Dime Doe, a transgender woman of color. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, which expanded the federal hate crime statute to include gender, gender identity, sexual orientation and disability.

Persons: Daqua Lameek Ritter, Ritter, Doe, ” Benjamin C, Doe’s, ” Doe, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr, Shepard, ” Clarke Organizations: Justice Department, Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, University of Wyoming, Human Rights, HRC Locations: Carolina, South Carolina, Laramie, Texas

☆ ‘Everyone wants actual accountability,’ attorney for Tulsa Race Massacre survivors says as DOJ visits site
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Omar Jimenez | Cindy Von Quednow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Department of Justice officials met with survivors and “first-generation descendants” of the massacre over the last two days, Solomon-Simmons said. The department announced it would launch a civil rights review into the massacre at the end of September. Solomon-Simmons said he and the survivors have high hopes for the investigation, which began in recent weeks. This week, DOJ officials also gathered evidence at the site of the massacre, according to Solomon-Simmons. Solomon-Simmons was flanked by survivors’ descendants and US Rep. Al Green of Texas, who has been an advocate for the families.

Persons: ”, Damario Solomon, Simmons, “, Solomon, they’ve, God, ” Solomon, Emmett, Kristen Clarke, Al Green of, Green, ” Green, Hughes Van Ellis, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Ellis, Fletcher, Randle, Benningfield Randle, Mother Randle, Mother Fletcher Organizations: CNN, Department of Justice, of Justice, DOJ, Rep, Oklahoma Supreme, Capitol Locations: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Greenwood, Tulsa’s Greenwood, Al Green of Texas

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. “When we have finished our federal review, we will issue a report analyzing the massacre in light of both modern and then-existing civil rights law,” said Clarke, who oversees the Justice Department’s civil rights enforcement efforts. The review will be conducted under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, which allows the Department of Justice to investigate death-resulting civil rights crimes that occurred on or before Dec. 31, 1979. The massacre started after a Black man was accused of assaulting a white woman. “Although a commission, historians, lawyers and others have conducted prior examinations of the Tulsa Massacre, we, the Justice Department, never have.”Clarke said the department is examining available documents, witness accounts, scholarly and historical research and other information related to the massacre.

Persons: Kristen Clarke, Clarke, ”, Emmett, Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Hugh Van Ellis, ” Clarke, Damario Solomon Simmons Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, Justice, Department of Justice, Universal, Getty, Tulsa, Justice Department, NBC News Locations: Tulsa , Oklahoma, Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Okla

☆ Justice Department sues Alabama over its effort to remove more than 3,000 names from voter rolls too close to election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Justice Department sued Alabama on Friday over the state’s recent effort to remove more than 3,000 names from its voter rolls, arguing the move violated federal law prohibiting such action from taking place too close to an election. But in an 18-page lawsuit filed in federal court in Alabama, the Justice Department argued that the so-called voter roll purge ran afoul of the National Voter Registration Act, which governs how and when most states can execute large-scale changes to their lists of registered voters. Nonpartisan election law experts say it’s almost always caught when it does happen, and that it isn’t a widespread problem plaguing US elections. The new lawsuit expands the legal fight against Alabama’s actions, which had been challenged earlier this month by voters in the state, including several impacted by the purge. “I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my Constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in our elections,” Allen said.

Persons: Wes Allen, ”, –, Kristen Clarke, ” Allen, “, ” CNN’s Marshall Cohen, Ethan Cohen Organizations: CNN, The Justice Department, Alabama, GOP, Justice Department, Justice, Department, State, Department of Locations: Alabama

☆ Massachusetts driver who repeatedly hit an Asian American man gets 18 months in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for threatening to kill a group of Asian Americans and repeatedly hitting one of them with his car. “This defendant targeted this man solely because he was Asian American. He yelled “go back to China” and threatened to kill them before repeatedly hitting one of them, a Vietnamese man, with his car. There had been a dramatic spike in verbal, physical and online attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which was thought to have originated in China. “There are bad people who do bad things and good people that do a bad thing,” the attorney wrote in the sentencing memorandum.

Persons: John Sullivan, Kristen Clarke, ”, Sullivan, “, China ”, Jodi Cohen, ” Cohen, “ Jack Sullivan, Jack Organizations: BOSTON, Justice Department’s Civil Rights, American, Justice Department, Prosecutors, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, FBI, FBI Boston Field Office, NBC Asian Locations: A Massachusetts, Quincy, China, Massachusetts, NBC Asian America

☆ Texas youth lockups are beset by abuse and mistreatment of children, Justice Department report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The report comes three years after the department launched a federal investigation into alleged widespread abuse and harsh practices within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, which takes in hundreds of young people every year. Clarke also noted that about 80% of Texas children in the lockups are Black or Hispanic. Mental health concerns, such as suicidal ideation and self-harm, were ignored while children were routinely punished for their behavior, according to the federal report. But it hasn’t been enough.”In 2021, the Justice Department opened an investigation into Texas’ five juvenile facilities after advocates filed a complaint. Texas is not the only state facing federal investigations by the government, or lawsuits from former incarcerated children over harsh conditions in youth lockups.

Persons: Kristen Clarke, Clarke, ’ ’, “, Spokespeople, Greg Abbott’s, ideation, Lone, Elizabeth Henneke, Henneke, Clark Organizations: Justice Department, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, Staff, ”, Republican Gov, Lone Stare Justice Alliance Locations: Texas, “ The Texas, . Texas, Illinois , Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey

☆ A tech company that posted a 'whites only' job ad was ordered to pay $7.5K and give staff better training
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The DOJ secured the agreements with Arthur Grand Technologies Inc., an information technology services firm, earlier this month. The job ad said it was after "only US-born citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX." Arthur Grand apologized and said that an employee added discriminatory language to the listing and published it without authorization. AdvertisementAs part of its settlement with the Justice Department, Arthur Grand will pay the US Treasury a civil penalty of $7,500 and implement comprehensive training for its staff on INA compliance. Last month, Business Insider reported on a study that showed CVs with Black-sounding names are less likely to get callbacks.

Persons: —, Arthur Grand, Kristen Clarke, Michele Hodge, OpenAI, Arthur Grand didn't Organizations: Service, US Department of Justice, DOJ, Arthur Grand Technologies Inc, Immigration, Business, Department, Department of Labor's, LinkedIn, Justice Department, Labor, Justice Department's Civil, Division, US Treasury, INA, Labor Department, Bloomberg Locations: Virginia, Dallas , TX

☆ Exclusive: DOJ civil rights leader says she was a victim of abuse in extraordinary statement
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, said in an extraordinary personal statement shared with CNN that she was a victim of years-long domestic abuse and chose not to disclose an expunged arrest record from that period during the Senate confirmation process. “Nearly 2 decades ago, I was subjected to years-long abuse and domestic violence at the hands of my ex-husband,” Clarke wrote in the statement on Wednesday. “This was a terrorizing and traumatizing period that I have sought to put behind me to promote my personal health, healing and well-being. “When given the option to speak about such traumatic incidents in my life, I have chosen not to,” Clarke wrote. Clarke said she has brought her “personal experience and perspective of being a survivor of domestic violence” to her work.

Persons: Kristen Clarke, “, ” Clarke, Republican Sen, Tom Cotton, Clarke, ” Sen, Mike Lee, ”, CNN’s Devan Cole Organizations: CNN, Justice, Republican, The Daily, Utah Republican Locations: Utah

The case heads to court separately from another federal lawsuit filed in October by LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates over the aggravated prostitution law. The Republican-carried legislation would only remove the requirement that those convicted of aggravated prostitution must register as a violent sex offender. Court documents in the other federal lawsuit say that more than 80 people are registered for aggravated prostitution in Tennessee. Because she had to register as a sex offender, the woman has experienced periods of homelessness while struggling to find safe housing compliant with sex-registry requirements. Tennessee law also bars her from changing her legal name to match her gender identity, the lawsuit states.

Persons: ”, Kristen Clarke, general's Organizations: U.S . Justice, Justice Department, Republican, Justice Department’s Civil Rights, for Disease Control, The Justice Department Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, United States, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Shelby County, Memphis

☆ Justice Department settlement concludes Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed state employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Justice Department concluded Friday that former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed state employees, supporting the findings of a previous state civil review of allegations against the former governor. The department reached an agreement with the New York State Executive Chamber resolving the claims of sexual harassment and retaliation against the Democratic former governor, according to a release from the Justice Department on Friday. “Governor Cuomo repeatedly subjected these female employees to unwelcome, non-consensual sexual contact; ogling; unwelcome sexual comments; gender-based nicknames; comments on their physical appearances; and/or preferential treatment based on their physical appearances,” the Justice Department found. In August 2021, the New York attorney general’s office found that Cuomo had sexually harassed 11 women and created a “hostile” work environment for women.

Persons: Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo, Letitia James ’, Governor Cuomo, Cuomo’s, “, Rita Glavin, Cuomo “, NYS Attorney General’s, ” Rich Azzopardi, Department’s, Mariann Wang, ”, ” Wang, Debra Katz, Charlotte Bennett, Kathy Hochul, Hochul, Kristen Clarke Organizations: CNN, The Justice Department, New York Gov, New York, Chamber, Democratic, Justice Department, New, Justice, NYS Attorney Locations: New York

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's decades-old aggravated prostitution statute violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday after an investigation, warning that the state could face a lawsuit if officials don't immediately cease enforcement. LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates have long criticized the measure as discriminatory, making it almost impossible to find housing and employment due to the restrictions for violent sex offenders. The DOJ letter details several of the struggles of those with aggravated prostitution convictions. A lifetime sex offender registration can stop people from visiting with their grandchildren, revoke job offers, and severely limit housing options. Plaintiffs who had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the aggravated prostitution law in October said the DOJ's letter only further supports their efforts.

Persons: —, ”, Bill Lee, “, Kristen Clarke, Jonathan Skrmetti, David Rausch, Steven Mulroy, it's, Mulroy, ” Brandon James Smith, Skrmetti, “ OUTMemphis, Molly Quinn, OUTMemphis, Adrian Sainz Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Transgender Law Center, Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, of, DOJ, Associated Press Locations: Tenn, Tennessee, United States, Shelby County, Memphis, Memphis , Tennessee

(AP) — The U.S. Justice Department launched an investigation Wednesday into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city, stepping in following accusations that officers used excessive force and arrested people without justification. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who leads the Justice Department's civil rights division, announced the investigation at a news conference. The area also has a storied place in civil rights history. It also follows the June arrest of Jill Collen Jefferson, the president of JULIAN, the civil rights organization that filed the federal lawsuit on behalf of residents. If the Justice Department concludes that police officers committed the alleged civil rights violations, it could bring a lawsuit seeking court-ordered changes to the department.

Persons: JACKSON, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, ” Clarke, Robert Clark, Todd Gee, Jill Collen Jefferson, JULIAN, Sam Dobbins, Dobbins, Jefferson, ___ Michael Goldberg Organizations: U.S . Justice Department, “, Mississippi Legislature, Southern, Southern District of, Lexington Police Department, Lexington Police, Lexington, Department, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Miss, Black Mississippi, Lexington, Jackson, Holmes County, Mississippi, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Mississippi, Rankin County , Mississippi, @mikergoldberg

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has secured a $9 million settlement with Ameris Bank over allegations that it avoided underwriting mortgages in predominately Black and Latino communities in Jacksonville, Florida, and discouraged people there from getting home loans. Garland has prioritized civil rights prosecutions since becoming attorney general in 2021, and the current administration has put a higher priority on redlining cases than before. The anti-redlining effort has now secured $107 million in relief, including the Ameris settlement, which a judge must approve. A $31 million settlement with Los Angeles-based City National in January was the largest for the department. The Ameris case is the first brought by the department in Florida, said Roger Handberg, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida.

Persons: Biden, General Merrick Garland, “ Redlining, ” Garland, Garland, redlining, Roger Handberg, ”, Kristen Clarke, Ken Sweet Organizations: WASHINGTON, Justice, Ameris Bank, Ameris, National, Middle, Middle District of, ___ Associated Press Locations: Black, Jacksonville , Florida, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Homeownership, Los Angeles, Florida, U.S, Middle District, Middle District of Florida, ”, ___, New York

The United States Justice Department began an investigation on Tuesday into the city of Trenton, N.J., and its police department after getting “serious and credible” reports of officers using improper levels of force and illegally stopping and searching pedestrians and drivers. The inquiry into New Jersey’s capital city and its police force is expected to take a year and could lead to federal oversight of the department through a consent decree. The review will include on-the-job observation of police officers, interviews with residents and an analysis of police records, including footage from body-worn cameras and internal affairs investigations, officials said. Since 2021, the Justice Department has opened similar inquiries into 10 other police agencies across the country, said Kristen Clarke, an assistant attorney general with the department’s civil rights division.

Persons: Kristen Clarke Organizations: United States Justice Department, Justice Department Locations: Trenton , N.J, New

☆ Tens of thousands expected for March on Washington’s 60th anniversary demonstration
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Martin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a set of traditions for this time of the year. The original march, which featured their father as a centerpiece, helped till the ground for passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the 1960s. "What we know is when people stand up, the difference can be made," Martin Luther King III told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of Saturday. Twenty three years ago, she introduced Sharpton and Martin Luther King III at a 37th anniversary march and urged them to carry on the legacy. And the voting rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, in which marchers were brutally beaten while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in what became known as "Bloody Sunday," forced Congress to adopt the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Persons: Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters, Yolanda, Martin Luther King Jr, Arndrea, Kings ', Bernice King, We've, Bernice, Jr, Andrew Young, King, U.N, General Merrick Garland, Kristen Clarke, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, Al Sharpton, Coretta Scott King, Sharpton, Martin, we've, Edmund Pettus, there's, didn't Organizations: Washington, Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, Jobs, Kings, Major Institute, National Action, Supreme, Associated Press, NAACP, National Urban League, White, National Action Network, Nonviolent, Vigilance, Baptist, Civil Locations: Washington, Atlanta, Birmingham , Alabama, Neshoba County , Mississippi, Montgomery, Selma , Alabama

☆ US sues SpaceX, alleges hiring discrimination against asylum recipients, refugees
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued Elon Musk-owned rocket and satellite company SpaceX on Thursday for allegedly discriminating against asylum recipients and refugees in hiring. The Justice Department also pointed to online posts from the company's billionaire owner Musk as example of "discriminatory public statements." Musk described the Justice Department lawsuit against SpaceX as "weaponization of the DOJ for political purposes." Clarke also said SpaceX recruiters and high-level officials "actively discouraged" asylum recipients and refugees from seeking work opportunities at the company. The United States seeks fair consideration and back pay for asylum recipients and refugees who were deterred or denied employment at SpaceX due to the alleged discrimination, the Justice Department said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Elon, Musk, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, Kanishka Singh, David Shepardson, Chandni Shah, Paul Grant, Susan Heavey, Frances Kerry, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: SpaceX, Elon, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Justice Department, Elon Musk, Justice Department, The Justice, Justice, DOJ, United, Thomson Locations: United States, Washington

"SpaceX's discriminatory hiring practices were routine, widespread, and longstanding, and harmed asylees and refugees," Justice Department lawyers wrote in the lawsuit. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Export control laws and regulations do not prohibit or restrict employers from hiring asylees and refugees; those laws treat asylees and refugees just like U.S. citizens," the lawsuit says. The Justice Department's civil rights division, which brought the lawsuit, informed SpaceX in 2020 that it had initiated its investigation. SpaceX initially refused to hand over employment records and fought a Justice Department subpoena in court. "SpaceX recruiters and high-level officials took actions that actively discouraged asylees and refugees from seeking work opportunities at the company," Clarke said.

Persons: Elon Musk, asylees, Musk, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, SpaceX didn't, Tesla Organizations: SpaceX, Elon Musk's, Service, Justice, Defense, State, Justice Department, Twitter Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ DOJ sues SpaceX, alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters on January 28, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. The U.S. Department of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, alleging Elon Musk's space company discriminated against refugees and asylum seekers in its hiring practices. The lawsuit says between 2018 and 2022, SpaceX "wrongly claimed" that export control laws limited its hiring to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. The DOJ has been investigating SpaceX since June 2020, when the department's Immigrant and Employee Rights Section received a complaint of employment discrimination from a non-U.S. citizen. Fabian Hutter, whose complaint about SpaceX led the DOJ to open its discrimination probe, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC.

Persons: SpaceX, Elon, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, asylees, IER, Fabian Hutter, Hutter Organizations: Space Exploration Technologies Corp, SpaceX, The U.S . Department of Justice, DOJ, Civil Rights Division, CNBC Locations: Hawthorne , California, The, U.S, Austria, Canada

☆ DOJ sues SpaceX alleging hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum recipients
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. Department of Justice sued SpaceX on Thursday, alleging Elon Musk's space company discriminated in its hiring practices against refugees and people granted asylum in the U.S. The lawsuit says between 2018 and 2022, SpaceX "wrongly claimed" that export control laws limited its hiring to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents. Clarke added that the DOJ's investigation found "SpaceX recruiters and high-level officials took actions that actively discouraged asylees and refugees from seeking work opportunities at the company." That lone hire came about four months after the DOJ notified SpaceX of its investigation. Read the DOJ's lawsuit below:

Persons: SpaceX, Elon, Kristen Clarke, Clarke, asylees, IER, Fabian Hutter, Hutter Organizations: Space Exploration Technologies Corp, SpaceX, The U.S . Department of Justice, U.S, DOJ, Civil Rights Division, Immigration, CNBC Locations: Hawthorne , California, The, U.S, Austria, Canada

☆ Live updates: Trump indictment news in the Georgia election interference case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Shawna Mizelle | Maureen Chowdhury | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Even by the standards of local jails, the Fulton County jail on Rice Street has a reputation for troubled conditions for inmates. Last month, the US Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation into living conditions, access to health care, violence against detainees and possible discrimination against those with psychiatric disabilities. But the treatment that defendants receive when being booked and processed on criminal charges in Fulton County varies drastically, case by case. Trump is expected to turn himself in Thursday or Friday, according to a senior law enforcement official. Custody at Fulton County jail: The Justice Department last month launched a civil rights investigation into the jail which has been the site of multiple deaths on the premises.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, ” Chris Timmons, Knowles Gallant Timmons, haven’t, ”, Fani Willis, Willis, Georgia’s, Kristen Clarke, LaShawn Thompson, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat Organizations: US Justice Department, CNN, United, Service, Fulton, Department, Fulton County Sheriff Locations: Fulton County, Atlanta, United States, Fulton

Even by the standards of local jails, the Fulton County jail on Rice Street has a reputation for especially deplorable conditions for inmates. A look inside a cell at the Fulton County Jail in 2013. CNNBut the treatment that defendants receive when being booked and processed on criminal charges in Fulton County varies drastically, case by case. “It could be 15 minutes total to get them in and out.”A look inside a cell at the Fulton County Jail in 2013. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement, "The manner and cause of death was listed as undetermined by the county medical examiner.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, ” Chris Timmons, Knowles Gallant Timmons, haven’t, ”, Fani Willis, Willis, Georgia’s, ‘ We’ve, –, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, ” Labat, We’ve, Defendants, it’s, ” Timmons, Scott McAfee, won’t, McAfee, Gerald Griggs, Griggs, ” Griggs, Kristen Clarke, LaShawn Thompson, ” Clarke, Thompson’s, Michael Harper, Lashawn Thompson, Harper, Labat Organizations: CNN, US Justice Department, United, Service, Fulton, Trump, Fulton County Sheriff, Georgia NAACP, Department, Jail, Sheriff's Locations: Fulton County, Fulton, Atlanta, United States, Georgia

☆ Biden is giving colleges tips on rethinking legacy admissions after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions at the end of June. The Education and Justice Departments released new guidance for colleges in the ruling's aftermath. They said colleges can reconsider how they use legacy preference in admissions. On Monday, President Joe Biden's Education and Justice Departments released new guidance to schools in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision at the end of July that struck down affirmative action in college admissions. Following the affirmative action decision, legacy preference in college admissions entered a harsh spotlight.

Persons: Joe Biden's, Merrick Garland, Kristen Clarke, Catherine Lhamon, Cardona Organizations: Justice, Service, Joe Biden's Education, Civil, Education Department, Harvard University, Community Economic, Greater Boston, Network, Harvard, Wesleyan, Occidental Locations: Wall, Silicon, New England

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