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Complete title: DOJ Pressured City of Dayton to Lower Testing Standards for Police Recruits to Accommodate Minority Candidates DOJ’s Rejection of Exam Based on “Passing Rates by Race” is Illegal and Unconstitutional Judicial Watch Files FOIA Lawsuit for Additional Records Washington, DCJudicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has uncovered hundreds of documents from the City of Dayton, Ohio, showing that Department of Justice (DOJ) officials pressured the Dayton Police Department to lower testing standards because not enough African American candidates passed the written exam. On May 25, Judicial Watch also...

The Congressional Black Caucus has asked Democratic leaders to hire more minorities to work for House committees and on lawmakers' staffs, saying the dearth of diversity on Capitol Hill is a problem. In a letter to House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi and the leaders of the Democratic Steering Committee, the CBC said the party must increase the number of minorities working for committees and subcommittees, which will be controlled by Democrats. The hiring of black, Hispanic, Asian and other minority staffers has "been a major problem" for years, said outgoing CBC Chairman Melvin Watt, North Carolina Democrat. "All you have to...

<p>Charles Wiggins has been passed over for promotions so many times at the state Department of Children and Families that he's lost count.</p> <p>Francis Davila and Kelcy Laing say they've witnessed the same thing - members of minorities being routinely denied advancement at DCF despite years of dedication and professional service.</p> <p>Now, these leaders of the Black and Latino Coalition of DCF's North Central Region office in Hartford are challenging Gov. John G. Rowland and DCF Commissioner Darlene Dunbar to address what they claim is the agency's institutional discrimination.</p>