DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show

DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have ‘started hitting’ protesters, emails show

WASHINGTONΒ β€”Β A lead attorney for the Department of Homeland Security suggested that federal agents should have β€œjust started hitting the rioters and arresting everyone that couldn’t get away” during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles last June, internal emails show. The note was in an email chain obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group American Oversight through…

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DOJ to investigate California over housing of trans inmates

DOJ to investigate California over housing of trans inmates

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it has launched an investigation into two California women’s prisons to determine if they unconstitutionally provided housing and preferential treatment to β€œbiological male prisoners.” In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon β€” who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division β€” said…

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Hedge fund manager ‘bullied colleagues not to put in measures to protect women’, tribunal hears | UK News

Hedge fund manager ‘bullied colleagues not to put in measures to protect women’, tribunal hears | UK News

Former hedge fund manager Crispin Odey “bullied” colleagues not to introduce measures at his firm to protect women, a tribunal heard. The hearing on Thursday also heard accusations that the 67-year-old threatened to close the company, Odey Asset Management (OAM), in order to put pressure on its governing body. Mr Odey is taking legal action…

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