DOJ Investigates Dumping Of Dead Bodies In Houston’s Black Communities

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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 26, 2022

Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that their Civil Rights division will be leading an “environmental justice investigation into the City of Houston’s operations, policies and practices related to illegal dumping.”

In a statement, Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, said “Illegal dumpsites not only attract rodents, mosquitos and other vermin that pose health risks, but they can

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