DOJ Civil Rights Division Faces Mass Departures as Minneapolis Probe Stalls
TL;DR
Several career prosecutors in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division are resigning after learning there will be no criminal civil rights probe into the fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal immigration agent, reflecting leadership frustrations and a broader exodus within the division.
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- Mass resignations hit Justice Department's Civil Rights Division amid lack of action in Minneapolis, sources say CBS News
- A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting MS NOW
- DOJ’s top Civil Rights prosecutors depart as office is cut out of key probes The Washington Post
- DoJ attorneys resign over decision not to investigate agent in Minneapolis ICE shooting The Guardian
- DOJ civil rights lawyers resign in part over sidelining from Minnesota shooting probe, sources say Yahoo
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