At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section’s head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
Top leaders of the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division have left their jobs to register their frustration with the department after the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon decided not to investigate the ICE officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good last week.
The criminal section of the division would normally investigate any fatal shooting by a law enforcement officer and specializes in probing potential or alleged abuse or improper use of force by law enforcement.
The departures – including that of the chief of the section, as well as the principal deputy chief, deputy chief and acting deputy chief – represent the most significant mass resignation at the Justice Department since February. At that time, five leaders and supervisors of the department’s Public Integrity Section, which investigates public officials for possible corruption, resigned rather than comply with an appointee of Donald Trump’s orders to dismiss the bribery case against then-New York mayor Eric Adams.
Don’t you lose any employment insurance coverage if you quit?
Yes. Unless you can prove a lack of workplace safety or demonstrate that they significantly altered the nature of your position. You can’t make an accountant scrub toilets, for example.
Probably, but on the flip side if you have retirement, you may be remaking it getting fired/discharged (in the military branches anyway).
My personal passive aggressive response to requests for work I disagree with is to drag my feet until it’s either forgotten or too late. It’s worked surprisingly well so far.