civil
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On Friday, the Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation into the shooting.
From BBC
Earlier on Friday, the US Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into Pretti's death.
From BBC
He added the investigation would "to the extent it needs to" involve lawyers at the civil rights division.
From BBC
It would also ban federal use of local detention centers for civil immigration cases.
The fifth partition—in truth, a secession—was that of Pakistan itself in 1971, when East Pakistan became the new nation of Bangladesh after a bloody civil war.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
