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DOJ launches probe into MLB after Giants Pride Night hat debacle

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a probe into Major League Baseball, suggesting that MLB may have violated civil rights policies for apparently issuing warnings to three San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their hats during Pride Night last week. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon wrote a letter […] The post DOJ launches probe into MLB after Giants Pride Night hat debacle appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, DOJ launches probe into MLB after Giants Pride Night hat debacle, The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a probe into Major League Baseball, suggesting that MLB may have violated civil rights policies for apparently issuing warnings to three San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their hats during Pride Night last week. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon wrote a letter […] The post DOJ launches probe into MLB after Giants Pride Night hat debacle appeared first on Local News Matters .

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