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    The Justice Department is releasing new guidelines, grants to fight hate crimes

    Leaders in the civil rights community are pushing the department and other cabinet agencies to take more aggressive action.
    by Carrie Johnson May 20, 2022 2 minutes
    Flowers, candles and mementoes are left at a makeshift memorial outside the Tops market on May 18, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. Police say the shooting that killed 10 and wounded three is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime.

    The Justice Department is taking new steps to raise awareness about hate crimes and to help states develop hotlines for reporting bias incidents, as federal prosecutors continue to investigate last weekend's deadly shooting in Buffalo, New York.

    Three top leaders at the DOJ are set to unveil

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