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A Tennessee man was charged with human rights abuses yesterday for his involvement in setting fire to four churches in the Nashville area.Alan Douglas Fox, 28, of Nashville, was charged by criminal intelligence on setting fire to the…

Two former Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) correctional officers were convicted today of assaulting an inmate in violation of a federal civil rights law.Nathaniel Griffin, 31, and Tanner Penwell, 24, were both sentenced to one…

A former St. Paul Police Department officer in St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced today to six years in prison after a jury found him guilty of civil rights violations.Brett Palkowitsch, 31, was convicted on May 21 after he was found…

A former Valdosta State Prison (VSP) inspector in Valdosta, Georgia pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of two inmates in two separate incidents.According to court documents and permits obtained during the September 24,…

A former correctional officer for the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office (RPSO) at Detention Center 1 in Alexandria, Louisiana, was convicted in federal court today of violating the civil rights of three inmates in his custody.31-year-old…

Note: A copy of the indictment against Chauvin et al. can be viewed Here and the two charges against Chauvin can be viewed Here.WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Minneapolis, Minnesota returned two charges that were unsealed today.…

Pamela S. Karlan, stellvertretende Generalstaatsanwältin für Bürgerrechte, gab die folgende Erklärung und den beigefügten Ressourcenleitfaden heraus, um Bundesbehörden, Landes- und Kommunalverwaltungen sowie Empfänger von Finanzhilfen des…

Two Louisiana men, former prison guards, were sentenced today to five years in prison and over four years in prison for deliberately indifferent to an inmate's serious medical needs.As a result of this civil rights violation, 19-year-old…

Former Hamtramck Police Bureau Ryan McInerney, 44, today pleaded guilty in federal court in the eastern district of Michigan to using excessive force against a civilian detainee and violating the detainee's civil rights.As a result of the…