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Justice finds civil rights violations in Chicago Police Department

Kelly Cohen · January 13, 2017 4:25 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that a painting hanging in the Capitol complex that depicts police officers as pigs is "disgusting." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Ryan: ‘Cops as pigs’ painting is ‘disgusting’

Kelly Cohen · January 12, 2017 8:59 pm

Mayor Bowser also announced a new patrolling strategy for city officers known as "sector policing." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

D.C. sees drop in violent crime in 2016 after 2015 spike

Kelly Cohen · January 12, 2017 6:01 pm

The Justice Department found pervasive civil rights violations in the Baltimore Police Department. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Baltimore approves Justice Department’s police reforms

Kelly Cohen · January 12, 2017 4:08 pm

The Justice Department on Wednesday said it will officially announce a consent decree with Baltimore over its police department. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

DOJ to announce consent decree with Baltimore Police Department

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 8:23 pm

Judge formally sentences Dylann Roof to death

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 8:18 pm

Black lawmaker compares late testimony to riding at the ‘back of the bus’

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 6:58 pm

"His record indicates that we cannot count on him […] to bring justice to the justice system," Booker said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Booker: Sessions has ‘hostility’ toward civil rights

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 6:38 pm

Rep. Dave Reichert, a former sheriff, said in his letter that the artwork is in —œclear violation—? of the official guidelines for the congressional art competition. (AP Photo/Rachel La Corte)

Lawmaker demands ruling on ‘cops as pigs’ painting

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 6:07 pm

NAACP continues fight against Sessions

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 3:54 pm

According to U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, the at-large voting system in Eastpointe, Mich., violates the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Justice Department suing Michigan city over voting rights violation claims

Kelly Cohen · January 11, 2017 3:50 pm

Jurors needed just three hours of deliberation on Tuesday to unanimously sentence convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to death. (Grace Beahm/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool)

Charleston church shooting: Dylann Roof becomes first to receive death penalty for federal hate crimes

Kelly Cohen · January 10, 2017 9:53 pm