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Justice Connection Releases Video Calling for DOJ to Hold Federal Agents Accountable for Fatal Shootings
Justice Connection Releases Video Calling for DOJ to Hold Federal Agents Accountable for Fatal Shootings
February 27, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN8_xgUVXUA Justice Connection today released a video calling on the Justice Department to work jointly with state and local partners to investigate the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minnesota. The video comes after both U.S. Senators for Minnesota sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi urging…
Justice Connection Releases Video Highlighting Need for America’s Peacemaker in Minnesota
Justice Connection Releases Video Highlighting Need for America’s Peacemaker in Minnesota
February 19, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afMo0XkYyeQ Justice Connection today released a video calling on the Justice Department to restore its Community Relations Service (CRS), a decades-old unit that de-escalated civil rights conflicts until the Trump Administration shut it down last year. The video features Julius Nam, who spent 10 years at the department - most recently with…
Justice Connection Now Helps Employers Hire DOJ Alums
Justice Connection Now Helps Employers Hire DOJ Alums
February 18, 2026Justice Connection’s Employment Support Network is expanding to connect current and recent Justice Department career employees with job opportunities from employers who are specifically seeking applicants with experience working at the department. Career prosecutors in this administration are continuing to be forced to make career defining decisions. According to the New…
Justice Connection Releases Video Advocating for DOJ to Cooperate with State and Local Partners to Investigate Good and Pretti Shootings
Justice Connection Releases Video Advocating for DOJ to Cooperate with State and Local Partners to Investigate Good and Pretti Shootings
February 12, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gh7f6IuC98 Justice Connection today released a video featuring a longtime state and federal prosecutor in Minnesota calling for the Justice Department to cooperate with state and local law enforcement investigating the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. In a Senate hearing today, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed…
Justice Connection Highlights Abdication of DOJ’s Role in Holding Federal Law Enforcement Accountable in Minneapolis
Justice Connection Highlights Abdication of DOJ’s Role in Holding Federal Law Enforcement Accountable in Minneapolis
February 11, 2026In late December 2025, the Trump Administration deployed thousands of ICE and CBP agents to Minnesota in what DHS called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out. DOJ’s response to the chaos and violence that ensued has been disgraceful. On January 7, 2026, an ICE agent shot and killed…
Justice Connection Statement on Minneapolis Fatal Shootings
Justice Connection Statement on Minneapolis Fatal Shootings
January 25, 2026Justice Connection today issued a statement following the second fatal shooting of a protester by federal agents in Minneapolis this month. The following can be attributed to Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection: “The Justice Department has abdicated its role in seeking accountability for these fatal shootings…
Justice Connection Expands Network to Help Justice Department Employees Find Work
Justice Connection Expands Network to Help Justice Department Employees Find Work
January 20, 2026Justice Connection is launching a significant expansion of its Employment Support Network to better help current and recent DOJ employees navigate transitions out of the department. “We work every day to support the countless DOJ employees who are fighting to stay in their jobs. But many have been ousted, and…
Senate Provision on Phone Record Data Collection is Pure Grift
Senate Provision on Phone Record Data Collection is Pure Grift
November 24, 2025The United States Senate appears poised to push back against an effort by the House of Representatives to repeal a provision hidden in the bill that reopened the government, which allows U.S. Senators to sue the federal government for potentially millions of dollars over the Justice Department’s seizure of their phone records.…
Justice Connection Video Featuring Jack Smith and Other DOJ Alumni Urges Americans to Speak Up for Justice
Justice Connection Video Featuring Jack Smith and Other DOJ Alumni Urges Americans to Speak Up for Justice
October 15, 2025Justice Connection released a video calling on all Americans to join thousands of Justice Department alumni who are speaking up for justice – before it’s too late. “The department is facing an existential crisis,” says Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection, in the video. “The current administration…
Justice Connection Raises DOJ Voices Through Substack
Justice Connection Raises DOJ Voices Through Substack
October 10, 2025Justice Connection today launched a new platform for DOJ alumni to speak out about the administration’s attacks on the department through Substack at https://justiceconnection.substack.com. “Nobody understands what’s happening to the Justice Department better than people who’ve worked there,” said Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection. “In this…
Nearly 300 Recent DOJ Employees Issue Call to Fight for the Justice Department
Nearly 300 Recent DOJ Employees Issue Call to Fight for the Justice Department
October 6, 2025Justice Connection Memorializes Employee Farewell Letters on Its Website Justice Connection today released a letter signed by almost 300 recent career Justice Department employees urgently calling on all Americans to fight for the department before it’s too late. The letter comes a day before Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before…
Statement: Senators Should Push for a Qualified Leader of the FBI
Statement: Senators Should Push for a Qualified Leader of the FBI
September 15, 2025Stacey Young, executive director and founder of Justice Connection, released the following statement: "We need an FBI Director who has the experience to lead the FBI and the trust of his workforce, and Kash Patel has proven he has neither. Senators from both sides of the aisle should make that…
