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Assistant Attorney General Speaks Out Against Hate At Columbia Law’s Graduation Ceremony

The chief of the DOJ's civil rights division offered an important message to the law school's graduates.

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Justice is working tirelessly to prosecute hate crimes. White supremacy, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, hate-fueled violence has no place in our country, period.

— Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, leader of the Justice Department’s civil rights division, in comments given during her commencement speech at Columbia Law School earlier this week. The law school moved its graduation ceremony off-site due to ongoing anti-war protests at Columbia’s campus.

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