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Civil Rights Enforcement Is Back At DOJ

WAYNESBORO, GA - FEBRUARY 23: A man visits the gravesite of Ahmaud Arbery during a candlelight vigil at New Springfield Baptist Church on February 23, 2021 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Arbery, a Black man, was shot and ki... WAYNESBORO, GA - FEBRUARY 23: A man visits the gravesite of Ahmaud Arbery during a candlelight vigil at New Springfield Baptist Church on February 23, 2021 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging near Brunswick, Georgia a year ago today after being chased by two white men. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) MORE LESS

April 29, 2021 3:46 p.m.

After four years at the margins of Donald Trump’s Justice Department, the Civil Rights Division is showing early signs of reasserting itself in Joe Biden’s first months in office.

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