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THE BUZZ! DOJ: 7,600 fake nursing diplomas issued in scheme, 25 people arrested First up is a story of big time fraud and public safety. Big enough for the Department of Justice to be investigating the matter. The DOJ filed federal charges against 25 people who are accused of participating in a scheme that allegedly issued […]

THE BUZZ! Jan. 6 committee votes to refer Trump to DOJ on multiple criminal charges The House committee has been reviewing the January 6th case for almost a year and a half. They decided to something about what they learned. Part of that decision is to refer Former President Donald Trump to the Department of […]

 THE BUZZ! DOJ sues Arizona for placing shipping containers at the border The federal government has filed a lawsuit against the state of Arizona for creating a border wall with shipping containers. The containers were put there by Arizona’s Republican Governor.  He issued an executive order to use shipping containers to fill in gaps along the […]

The Buzz… The FBI and the DOJ,  Department of Justice is getting involved in some of these police fatal shootings.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Tuesday that it will investigate the killing of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man who died after police shot him during an arrest in North Carolina last week. “The […]

Civil rights activists fear the outcome of a DOJ probe into Freddie Gray’s case under the Trump administration.

Baltimore's mayor and the attorney general announce that they've reached an accord on police reforms. The agreement awaits court approval.

Kim Foxx steps into her new position with the Chicago police under a federal probe. She promises to make reforms that will end the sense of hopelessness.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday closed a probe prompted by the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray. It concluded Baltimore police officers regularly violate the constitutional rights of Black residents through the use of excessive force, unlawful searches and arrests, and racial discrimination.

A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement to overhaul the local police department in Ferguson, Mo. and address racially biased policing that often violated the rights of black residents in the St. Louis suburb.

The DOJ sent a letter to state and municipal courts instructing them to stop targeting poor people for profit. This comes in the aftermath of a scathing DOJ report of the Ferguson police and courts that targeted poor blacks for fines.