DOJ Announces Dismissal Of DEI-Related Police Officer, Firefighter Hiring Cases

( February 27, 2025, 12:50 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Feb. 26 that Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to dismiss lawsuits in various stages throughout the country against fire and police departments for using aptitude tests to screen candidates, saying that the cases were launched “in an effort to advance a DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] agenda.”...