Sen. Kamala Harris To Vote Against Jeff Sessions As Attorney General

Newly elected California Senator Kamala Harris has decided that she cannot support Jeff Sessions nomination for US Attorney General. Read her statement below:

I have deep concerns about Jeff Sessions' ability to defend the rights of all Americans -- I will be voting against his confirmation. We need an Attorney General committed to equal rights for all, including women, people of color, and the LGBT community. It is clear after his confirmation hearings that person is not Jeff Sessions, and that is why I oppose him.

The Congressional Black Caucus should boycott Trump's inauguration

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus should follow the lead of civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis and not attend Donald Trump's inauguration.

Trump is using Steve Harvey to legitimize Ben Carson in the black community.

By George L. Cook III African American Reports

In a move that surprised many Steve Harvey has met with Donald Trump to discuss issues in the black community. I believe Trump plans to use Steve Harvey to legitimize Ben Carson in the black community. Harvey may believe he is doing the right thing and may mean well but is misguided on this one. Well I hope that's the case and he hasn't sold out. Listen to more of my thoughts below.

John Lewis: 'I Don’t See Trump as a Legitimate President'

In an exclusive interview for “Meet the Press,” Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said he believes Donald Trump’s election is illegitimate because of Russian interference in last year’s election. Watch that clip below.

DOJ unveils police reforms in Baltimore

Nearly two years after Freddie Gray's death in police custody led to protests, Baltimore and the US Justice Department agreed to terms Thursday on sweeping police reforms that include cameras in all police transport vans.

The 227-page consent decree comes after the Justice Department monitored Baltimore's policing methods for more than a year after the 2015 death of Gray, who suffered a fatal injury while being transported in a police van.

Read consent decree here (PDF)

"We now require cameras in those vans," Mayor Catherine Pugh said.

"We want to make sure that individuals are transported singularly and that they're strapped into those vans correctly and that people are not harmed in that process."

But the troubled police department's problems went beyond its transport of prisoners.

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