After the rash of police shootings of black men across country, the Justice Department plans to award more than $20 million to law enforcement agencies to use or enhance body cameras.
Since late 2013, more than 110 people have been charged in federal court with crimes related to ISIS, U.S. Assistant Attorney General John Carlin said Monday.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In an effort to make transition from jail to freedom easier for convicts, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch is urging governors to provide parolees with state identification cards. The announcement is part of the nation’s first National Reentry Week, which began Sunday, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “National Reentry Week highlights…
The Justice Department’s highest-ranking openly gay leader is stepping down to explore jobs in the private sector.
“We will do our job thoroughly and let the chips fall where they may,” Schuette said in a news release.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is urging the Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation into the Chicago Police Department over a number of cases in which cops killed or injured unarmed citizens.
The Paris attacks that killed 129 people and wounded hundreds of others had “no connection at all” to the U.S., FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.
