DOJ Closes Police Inquiry
APD needs to close 'gaps in use-of-force reports'
"...the request, saying the city welcomed the review. The DOJ told officials it would undertake the review in 2007...."
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June 3, 2011 News Feature by Jordan Smith
DOJ: 160 Ways Austin Police Can Improve
Department of Justice issues recommendations for improving APD
"...A majority of the DOJ recommendations involve policies governing police use of force. The..."
Jan. 9, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith
UPDATE: Ott Asks DOJ For Review of Police Tactics
Request comes on heels of Jackson shooting death
"...the heels of a similar request made of the DOJ by the Texas Civil Rights Project and Austin NAACP...."
Aug. 5, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
Lakeway Hospital Investors Settle With DOJ, HUD
Fraud settlements backed by whistleblower complaint
"...The settlements follow another 2019 settlement concerning DOJ allegations of LRMC fraud against the U.S. Department of..."
Sept. 30, 2020 News Post by Michael King
DOJ Won't Review APD Tactics
Feds say Austin has tools to review its own work
"...3 letter to Ott, Jonathan Smith, chief of the DOJ's special litigation section, wrote that as a result of..."
Sept. 6, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith
DOJ Plays Peacemaker
Public meeting to address slate of officer-involved shootings
"...request was ultimately denied. In September 3 letter, the DOJ's Special Litigation Section chief Jonathan Smith explained that a..."
Sept. 24, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
DOJ Declares FDA Unable to Regulate Execution Drugs
Ruling could put an end to the legal fight between Texas and the FDA
"...and Drug Administration. On Tuesday evening, May 14, the DOJ posted a 26-page memo declaring the FDA unable to..."
May 17, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff
DOJ Declares Truce in War on Pot
Attorney General declines to act against states legalizing marijuana
"...before – notably after Obama took office and the DOJ in 2009 said it would make policing pot in..."
Sept. 6, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Jane Doe v. the DOJ, Continued
Trump admin appeals ruling in undocumented minor's abortion case
"...But Trump’s defeated DOJ is looking for retribution, and on Nov. 3 filed..."
Nov. 13, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma
Jane Doe v. the DOJ, Continued
Trump admin appeals ruling in undocumented minor’s abortion case
Nov. 17, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma
DOJ on Redistricting: Tell It to the Judge
The DOJ refuses to preclear U.S. and Texas House redistricting
Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
DOJ Says No to Texas Maps
Feds reject GOP end run around courts for redistricting
Sept. 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker
A Consent Decree for APD?
Civil rights activists say it's needed
"...with the Texas Civil Rights Project, have asked the DOJ to reopen the case, alleging that excessive force is..."
June 27, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith
Naked City
The feds give their blessing to the new map, though the courts may still object
"...federal judges hearing the case to inform them that DOJ does not "impose any objection" to the enforcement of..."
Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Point Austin: ... And Two Steps Back
Firefighters fulfill threat to contest DOJ decree
"...delay the decision for a week might provoke a DOJ lawsuit. A tentative move to do that, for negotiating..."
July 4, 2014 News Column by Michael King
APD Shooting Called 'Accidental'
Officer claims accidental shooting, and DOJ asked to investigate
"...the people of Austin are in great need of [DOJ] intervention yet again."..."
Aug. 9, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Feds Escalate Legal Intervention Over SB 8
Biden's DOJ sues, files emergency motion to block Texas abortion ban
"...On Tuesday, Sept., 14, the DOJ filed an emergency motion in the U.S. District Court..."
Sept. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Naked City
The feds want their public documents to become un-public
"...federal depository program, now says they were meant for DOJ's internal use only. "Both GPO and the [DOJ] regret..."
Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Lege Lines: Deliberately Discriminatory
Voter ID's future in Texas, without the DoJ
"...[It was] SB 14's purpose." But on Jan. 27, DOJ spokesman Mark Abueg said that the federal government will..."
March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Crank
Jason Statham's Crank – despite the fact that its ever-revving mayhem is ultraviolent, sexist, and frequently offensive enough to warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss.
"...warrant a look-see by both the ACLU and the DOJ – is pure action-film bliss. It's so stupid, often..."
Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Naked City
Undeterred by the courts, the feds continue California grower raids
"...compliance with state law. Nonetheless, on Sept. 8 the DOJ moved forward with a plan to seize the CCC's..."
Sept. 17, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Will Medi-Pot Caregiver Go to Prison?
Federal judge wants feds to clarify position on medi-pot raids before sentencing California man
"...sentencing hearing for Lynch pending the response of the DOJ to his inquiries about the policy change...."
March 24, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith
Redistricting Lands in the Feds' Hands
Texas Democrats make their case in court and at the Dept. of Justice
"...case against redistricting. Austin Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos visited the DOJ last week, and said that, like several of his..."
Nov. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Excessive Force Has Increased, NAACP Leader Says
Groups ask DOJ to reopen APD investigation
"...with the Texas Civil Rights Project have asked the DOJ to reopen the case, alleging that excessive force is..."
July 6, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Point Austin: Fixing What Ain't Broke
Does city want fair hiring, or to break the union?
"...decree is indeed imposed by a federal court, the DOJ will assume overall responsibility for AFD hiring for the..."
May 23, 2014 News Column by Michael King
Naked City
So What's Going on?
"...an aide to Attorney General John Ashcroft, said the DOJ had ended its criminal investigation regarding Tulia. When Herbert..."
Sept. 6, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith
Who You Gonna Call? Dem-Busters!
A U.S. Dept. of Justice report chronicles the 'wacko' attempts to trace and trap the Killer Ds.
"...their May flight to Ardmore, Okla. Issued by the DOJ's Office of the Inspector General, the report concludes that..."
Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
D.A. José Garza Dismisses Charges Against 17 Officers Indicted for 2020 Protest Response
D.A., City ask feds to investigate Austin Police Department
"...Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division asking that the DOJ open a “pattern-and-practice” investigation into the Austin Police Department’s..."
Dec. 4, 2023 News Post by Austin Sanders
Maps, Balls, and Testifying
The testimony gets mighty strange at the re-redistricting trial.
"...Gov. Rick Perry and other Republican officeholders hailed the DOJ decision as vindicating the state plan, but Democrats charged..."
Dec. 26, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
On the Lege
The Democrats file federal lawsuits against the new congressional map.
"...lawyers for preclearance under the Voting Rights Act. The DOJ normally allows three months to review new maps but,..."
