U.S. Attorney Opens Civil Rights Unit in Pennsylvania
Filed under Civil Rights News, Pennsylvania Civil Rights News on December 11, 2010U.S. Attorney Opens Civil Rights Unit in Pennsylvania
Investigators will handle police beating of 18-year-old Jordan Miles
December 09, 2010
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The new U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh has created a five-attorney civil rights unit to handle criminal and civil cases involving hate crimes, police misconduct, and other civil rights issues in the 25-county western district of Pennsylvania.
“It is hard to believe that in 2010 we are still fighting for equality of all Americans,” U.S. Attorney David Hickton said at a news conference Tuesday.
The unit will also target sexual exploitation of children and human trafficking, and civil rights issues more likely to prompt lawsuits than criminal prosecutions, such as biased lending and housing practices.
