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Justice Department Opens Investigation into the State of Minnesota for Race- and Sex-Based Hiring Practices

07/10/2025 08:00 AM EDT

The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into the State of Minnesota, including the Minnesota Department of Human Services, to determine whether it has engaged in race- and sex-based discrimination in its state employment hiring practices.

Two Former West Virginia Correctional Officers Sentenced on Federal Civil Rights Charges in Connection with Death of Inmate

07/10/2025 08:00 AM EDT

Two former correctional officers from the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, West Virginia, were sentenced today for their roles in an assault that resulted in the death of a pretrial detainee, identified by the initials Q.B., on March 1, 2022. Corey Snyder, 30, was sentenced to 19 years and seven months in prison for conspiring with other officers to violate inmate Q.B.'s civil rights by using unreasonable force against him, resulting in Q.B.'s death. Jacob Boothe, 27, was sentenced to three years in prison for failing to intervene to stop fellow officers from assaulting Q.B.

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