WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) and the rest of their Democratic colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to heed the calls of career prosecutors and open a civil rights investigation into the death of Ms. Renee Good, who was fatally shot by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minneapolis earlier this month. In their letter to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the senators emphasize that DOJ's decision not to investigate Ms. Good's killing represents a broader trend of the Department refusing to enforce civil rights laws in favor of carrying out...