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You are subscribed to Civil Rights news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Florida Man Indicted for Interstate Threats Made While Living in Maryland 11/19/2025 07:00 AM EST Baltimore, Maryland – Today, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland unsealed an indictment, charging Arsham Rashidi Dizajgan, 27, of Gainesville, Florida, with six counts of transmitting in interstate or foreign commerce a threat to injure another person. As alleged in the indictment, in widely disseminated propaganda videos, Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization, uses upside-down red triangles to mark targets just before they are attacked.   Hamden Woman Charged with Child Sex Trafficking Offenses 11/19/2025 07:00 AM EST JAMIRA DENISE MYERS, also known as "Chocolate," 42, of Hamden, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with sex trafficking and attempted sex trafficking of minors, forced labor and attempted forced labor of minors, and obstruction and attempted obstruction of sex trafficking enforcement. Federal Court Terminates Consent Decree Regarding the New Orleans Police Department After Successful Reforms 11/19/2025 07:00 AM EST Today, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana terminated the consent decree covering the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), marking the end of federal court oversight under the 2013 decree. The Justice Department and the City of New Orleans jointly moved to terminate the consent decree based on NOPD's successful implementation of reforms related to use of force; crisis intervention; stops, searches, and arrests; and other areas.

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