Here Are Some of the #BlackLivesMatter Tweets That the DOJ Thought Merited Investigation

Portland Mercury:

Less than a week after it came to light that the Oregon Department of Justice began collecting information on Oregonians who used the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, we still don't know how wide the effort stretched, or whom the DOJ kept tabs on. That will presumably all come out of an investigation Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is ready to pay $88,000 for. Maybe it will come out sooner. For now, the only person who we know for sure attracted the attention of at least one DOJ criminal investigator is Erious Johnson, the DOJ's director of civil rights.

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