Oregon Justice Department to pay $205,000 to settle civil rights lawyer’s racial-profiling lawsuit

Oregon Justice Department to pay $205,000 to settle civil rights lawyer’s racial-profiling lawsuit: PORTLAND — The state Department of Justice agreed to pay $205,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the lawyer in charge of its civil rights division. Erious Johnson Jr. sued Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and other agency employees last year after learning he had been put under digital surveillance.