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The Worcester Police Department’s website. The U.S. Department of Justice ordered its Civil Rights Division to pause any ongoing litigation on Jan. 22, bringing a number of police conduct investigations to a halt, including one involving the Worcester Police Department. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

DOJ under Trump administration halts civil rights litigation, freezes investigation against Worcester PD

Jack Schwed February 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice ordered its Civil Rights Division to pause any ongoing litigation from the Biden administration Jan. 22, bringing several police misconduct investigations to a halt, including one involving the Worcester Police Department.
The pelican case that investigators said did not contain an explosive and the letter that was inside it. The case was opened by Jason Duhaime, a former Northeastern University employee who has been arrested for staging the package explosion at Northeastern on Sept. 13 and providing false information to the police. COURTESY OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

Former Northeastern employee charged with creating hoax over campus explosion

Emilia Wisniewski October 5, 2022
Former Northeastern University employee arrested and charged with lying to police and staging a package explosion.
After an extensive investigation, the Department of Justice has concluded that the Massachusetts Department of Corrections violated the 8th Amendment by providing insufficient mental health support to prisoners. COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA

Mass. Department of Corrections violates constitutional rights, DOJ finds

Rin Velasco November 20, 2020
Through an exhaustive investigation of the Massachusetts DOC, the DOJ found that prisoners on mental health watch were left under-supervised, resulting in them hurting or killing themselves, according to a DOJ press release. 

Dept. of Education helps college campuses combat sexual assault

Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2014

The Office for Civil Rights within the U.S. Department of Education issued a report Tuesday providing guidelines to assess the prevalence of sexual assault on American college campuses, which officials...

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