BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into the Baltimore City Health Department (BCHD) on Wednesday following an exclusive Spotlight on Maryland report about the agency’s decision to separate employees by race for a series of taxpayer-funded equity meetings.
The investigation was launched by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to determine whether BCHD is violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. Spotlight on Maryland reported Tuesday on how BCHD hosted separate “white caucus” and “people of color caucus” meetings to discuss equity, according to internal emails at the department.
Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general in the DOJ Civil Rights Division, criticized BCHD in response to the story…