Justice Department ends police oversight
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Five groups filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking to undo the termination of criminal justice grant funding last month.
Five organizations that had grants terminated by the U.S. Justice Department in April are suing the department and Attorney General Pam Bondi, calling the cancellations unconstitutional and asking that the money be reinstated.
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The appeal pauses a federal judge's order to provide information on the location and status of Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino.
Ed Martin, the former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, stepped down from the position earlier this month.
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The Justice Department has moved to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, that called for an overhaul of policing following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
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