The DOJ Civil Rights Division Requests Data from Governors

Did bad Covid-19 policy violate the civil rights of nursing home residents in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan?

Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the Civil Rights Division delivers remarks at Department of Justice Summit on Combating Human Trafficking. January 14, 2020. (photo: U.S. Department of Justice Twitter)

The Department of Justice has requested data from governors of states that issued Covid-19 orders “which may have resulted in deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”