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The federal agency whose task force fatally shot Winston Boogie Smith Jr. while trying to arrest him in a Minneapolis parking ramp usually keeps a low profile.
But amid a national push for police accountability, critics now are questioning the often-secret actions of the U.S. Marshals Service, including why and how it oversaw the operation that resulted in Smith s death. The reason you don t know much about the Marshals Service is that s the way they operate, said Thomas Heffelfinger, former U.S. attorney for Minnesota. The secrecy under which they operate is to some degree consistent with their mission, which is done much more effectively if done quietly.
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More than four years after a class-action lawsuit was filed against the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Commission, the case appears to be headed to trial next year.
DOJ Argues Protesters Lafayette Square Lawsuit Should Be Dropped as Trump s Out of Office
On 5/28/21 at 5:09 PM EDT
Department of Justice lawyers want to dismiss lawsuits filed against former President Donald Trump after he had Lafayette Square cleared of Black Lives Matter protesters for a photo op last June because he is no longer president.
Christopher Hair, a Justice Department attorney, said that because President Joe Biden is now in office and unlikely to carry out similar actions, the lawsuits are unneeded. These lawsuits seek to prevent a recurrence of the June 1 events in Lafayette Square, Hair said.
The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which claimed that Trump and then-Attorney General William Barr unlawfully conspired to violate the civil rights of protesters when they were forcibly removed.