DOJ invokes protests in urging Maryland county to amend order for religious gatherings

By Justine Coleman The Department of Justice (DOJ) is calling on Maryland’s Montgomery County to amend a COVID-19 order to allow for religious gatherings after officials permitted protests over George Floyd’s death. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sent a letter to the county’s executive and council on Wednesday expressing “civil rights concerns” about the enforcement of an executive …