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Feds: Illegal dumping in Houston may violate civil rights

Raymond Dugas surveys a large pile of trash left across the street from his property northeast of downtown Houston on Friday, July 8, 2022. Dugas says people have been using the space for illegal dumping for years. (Annie Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP) Raymond Dugas surveys a large pile of trash left across the street from his property northeast of downtown Houston on Friday, July 8, 2022. Dugas says people have been using the space for illegal dumping for years. (Annie Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP) FILE - Traffic moves along Interstate 10 near downtown Houston, April 30, 2020. The Justice Department said Friday, July 22, 2022, that it is investigating illegal dumping in the city of Houston, including dead bodies, that officials said are left in Black and Latino neighborhoods in the nation’s fourth largest city. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) FILE - Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke speaks at a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, on Aug. 5, 2021. The Justice Department said Friday, July 22, 2022, that it is investigating illegal dumping in the city of Houston, including dead bodies, that officials said are left in Black and Latino neighborhoods in the nation's fourth largest city. Besides bodies, items dumped in majority Black or Latino neighborhoods include appliances, furniture, tires, medical waste and vandalized ATM machines, Clarke said at a news conference Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Feds: Illegal dumping in Houston may violate civil rights