This Week at Justice - July 12, 2024

This Week at Justice – July 12, 2024 Justice Department Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Tuesday July 9 AG Garland: “As we continue to enforce the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we are using every authority we have to protect civil rights. We are doing everything in our power to defend reproductive rights protected by federal law. We are using every authority we have to protect the right to vote. We are aggressively disrupting, investigating, and prosecuting the hate crimes that victimize individuals and terrorize entire communities. And we are bringing the perpetrators of those crimes to justice. We are using the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other authorities to protect the rights of LGBTQ Americans to live free from discrimination, harassment, and violence. And we are prosecuting threats of violence that target the public servants who administer our elections and who ensure the functioning of our democracy. AAG Clarke: Sixty years ago, in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this nation laid the cornerstone for our subsequent progress toward equal justice. It may be difficult today to appreciate the strength and courage required to bring about this change because we know how the story ended. The civil rights proponents in the 1960s did not. Confident in the justice of their cause — but not its success — they advocated and protested, they suffered beatings and imprisonment and some died. Man Sentenced for Sending Death Threat to Michigan Election Worker Tuesday, July 9 “The Justice Department has no tolerance for violent threats against election workers, officials, and volunteers, and as this case demonstrates, we will aggressively investigate and prosecute such threats to the fullest extent of the law. We will continue to defend the right to vote and to defend the safety of the public servants who make voting possible.” -Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Justice Department Hosts U.S.-Canada Cross Border Crime Forum July 11, 2024 Justice Department Leads Efforts Among Federal, International, and Private Sector Partners to Disrupt Covert Russian Government-Operated Social Media Bot Farm - Tuesday, July 9 “Today’s action demonstrates that the Justice Department and our partners will not tolerate Russian government actors and their agents deploying AI to sow disinformation and fuel division among Americans. As malign actors accelerate their criminal misuse of AI, the Justice Department will respond and we will prioritize disruptive actions with our international partners and the private sector. We will not hesitate to shut down bot farms, seize illegally obtained internet domains, and take the fight to our adversaries.” -Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Announcements of arrests, indictments, criminal complaints, charges or similar which may be described in this video are merely accusations. Each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Licensed Music: "Tension News Waiting” by Louis Perez