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CNN Carlos Moore, left, and his client D’monterrio Gibson CNN — A Black FedEx driver who said he was shot at and chased by two White men while delivering packages in Mississippi last year has been fired from his job, his attorney told CNN. D’Monterrio Gibson, 25, was . . .
Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed labor and civil rights attorney Aruna Masih to the state Supreme Court, filling a vacancy left when former Justice Adrienne Nelson was appointed to the federal bench. Kotek announced Masih’s appointment on Wednesday, more than four months after she began seeking applications for the open position on the seven-member court. […]
Washington CNN — The Trump-appointed US attorney who is investigating Hunter Biden has been given special counsel status after plea talks between the Justice Department and the president’s son fell apart.
Stephen Cha-Kim has joined Arnold & Porter as a partner with the complex litigation practice in New York, the firm said Monday. Cha-Kim formerly served as assistant attorney in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, according to Arnold & Porter. He handled matters such as constitutional claims and challenges brought […]
The U.S. attorney in Delaware denied retaliating against an I.R.S. official who had disclosed details of the Hunter Biden investigation, and denied being blocked from pursuing serious charges against Mr. Biden, the president’s son, in Los Angeles and Washington. David C. Weiss, an appointee of former President Donald J. Trump held over by the Biden […]
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division traveled to Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina on June 23 and June 24 to continue the division’s tour to engage with stakeholders in underserved communities and reaffirm the department’s commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans. On Thursday, Assistant Attorney General […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In an unusual legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking a state appeals court to reverse the conviction of a white former Kansas City police detective who shot and killed a Black man three years ago. In a brief filed Monday, Bailey said evidence presented at a trial […]
CNN — A Mississippi civil rights attorney alleges she was wrongfully arrested over the weekend and believes it may have been in retaliation for her advocacy work in the city of Lexington highlighting claims of discrimination by police against its Black residents. Civil rights attorney Jill Jefferson was arrested Saturday by the Lexington Police . […]
President Joe Biden has nominated two Louisiana attorneys for federal judgeships, including Shreveport’s Jerry Edwards Jr., who will be the first Black to serve on the U.S. District Court Western District if confirmed by the Senate. Biden also nominated Brandon Scott Long of New Orleans to serve as an Eastern District of Louisiana judge. Republican […]
A Missouri prosecuting attorney has launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate, throwing his hat in the ring to unseat controversial Republican Senator Josh Hawley. “Public service is in my DNA,” Wesley Bell told theGrio in a recent interview. Missouri U.S. Senate Candidate Wesley Bell at the podium. (Photo: Wesley Bell) “My dad was a […]