U.S. launches civil rights probe over Maryland State Police hiring practices
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said it has launched a civil rights investigation into whether the Maryland State Police engages in racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices.
The investigation, known as a "pattern or practice" civil probe, marks the latest in a string of cases launched by President Joe Biden's Justice Department into police departments across the country for potentially systemic discriminatory conduct.
The other six new cases involving police departments such as Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky, however, are investigating potentially discriminatory conduct by law enforcement officers against civilians.
Friday's case against the Maryland State Police, by contrast, relates to potentially discriminatory employment practices within the department itself.
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