The US Justice Department has launched a civil rights investigation of Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office four months ...

The government made a list of demands in dozens of categories in a letter to the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office, dated ...

SummaryDOJ letter cites statutes from 3 separate federal laws on race, disabilities, police safety The United States ...

A scathing Justice Department letter dated Thursday to Sangamon County Sheriff Paula Crouch and other county officials said ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the deadly police shooting of a Black woman that happened at her downstate ...

The fatal shooting of Sonya Massey has led to the Department of Justice launching a civil rights investigation of the ...

The Department of Justice is formally inquiring into Sangamon County for its nondiscrimination practices. County officials ...

Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson holds his weapon while speaking to Sonya Massey in her home on July 6. Grayson ...

Sonya Massey's death has brought the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office to the U.S. Department of Justice's attention.

The police killing of Sonya Massey has promoted a civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.

The fatal shooting earlier this year of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, sparked national outcry over police violence.