Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A woman who was denied a job after ATF officials discovered she was transgender won a lawsuit this week in which she claimed she was the victim of unlawful discrimination, the Transgender Law Center reports. Mia Macy, an experienced police detective who has worked with the ATF on ballistics, said she was…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Republican lawmakers lashed out at the Justice Department with accusations of racism and preferential treatment in the civil rights division, the Houston Chronicle reports. At a Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, former employees and a March Inspector General’s report were used to suggest the division was guided by race, not justice. “The IG report…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The family of a 4-year-old who was detained and deported to Guatemala for months despite being a U.S. citizens is among 10 to file suit against CBP, AlterNet reports. The lawsuits range from unlawful treatment to discrimination. Another lawsuit was filed by a 53-year-old woman who says she suffered a stroke after…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Bassem Youssef, an Egyptian-born FBI supervisor, will have another chance to prove he was discriminated against after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Associated Press reports. A federal appeals court, in a 3-0 vote, revived the workplace discrimination case after a judge in 2008 ruled the case was insufficient because Youssef didn’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Justice Department has rejected South Carolina’s voter identification law for the second time, saying the state has been unable to show the ID requirement isn’t discriminatory, the Associated Press reports. Feds blocked the state’s photo ID requirement in December, saying it would prevent tens of thousands of minorities from voting. State…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com DETROIT — The tension between federal law enforcement and the Muslim community here continues to ebb and flow. On Friday, it was flowing. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) was scheduled on Friday in Detroit to announce that it is suing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) and the…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI kept tabs on civil rights lawsuits filed by blacks 40 years ago against legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant of the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide, the Associated Press reported. The AP, which obtained FBI documents under the Freedom of Information Act, reported that for nearly two years agent tracked…
