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Feds promise to trim backlog of health care investigations

Federal officials say they’re working to cut down on a growing backlog of complaints lodged against health care providers and government agencies by patients who claim their civil rights or privacy have been violated

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Abandoned funeral home owned by Civil Rights Movement chief with creepy wigs left behind

The co-owner of the funeral home, who ran it during the tempestuous years of the US Civil Rights Movement, was Virgil Eugene Dimery Sr

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023

New details point to CIA role in Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest

The report adds to evidence that JFK's administration aided capture of the civil rights leader.

Axios · Feb 27, 2023

Malcolm X’s daughter planning to sue CIA and FBI for his death

A daughter of civil rights leader Malcolm X has announced plans to sue the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death.

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2023

Colorado deputy killed unarmed man at point-blank range after struggle outside school, video shows

DENVER — A Pueblo County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an unarmed man outside of a middle school last year after contacting the man because he accidentally got into the wrong car in the school’s pick-up line, a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges.

The Denver Post · Feb 22, 2023

Malcolm X's daughter to sue CIA and FBI for wrongful death

The family of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X has announced plans to sue agencies including the CIA, FBI, the New York Police Department and others for $100 million, accusing them of playing a role in his death

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Daughter of Malcolm X to sue government agencies for alleged role in slaying

Ilyasah Shabazz says that she plans to sue the NYPD and the FBI, among others, for $100m in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Al Jazeera · Feb 21, 2023

First Reference to ChatGPT in a Judicial Opinion?

From Hernandez v. San Bernardino County, decided Jan. 26 by Judge Jesus Bernal (C.D. Cal.): The FAC [First Amended Complaint] veers between conclusory allegations that merely parrot the legal standard and specific examples of training that do not apply to the instant case, likely because they were copied and pasted…

Reason · Feb 21, 2023

Maryland CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) on Public School Restrooms

An interesting press release from last Thursday: The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Maryland's Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system to amend its new school bathroom guidelines in response to privacy complaints reported to…

Reason · Feb 21, 2023

Unconscious bias training is ‘nonsense’, says outgoing race relations chair

Civil rights stalwart Colin Prescod says term risks avoiding real conversation about racism and systemic behaviour

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023