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The shakeup comes as the congresswoman's office has been engulfed in controversy since Chakrabarti attacked more moderate members of the House majority.

In June, Chakrabarti took to social media to air his frustration with moderate Democrats for forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to abandon a $4.6 billion emergency border appropriation bill favored by progressives. In a series of tweets, Chakrabarti likened the moderates to old Southern Democrats, many of whom were avowed segregationists.

He stood by the comparison even when a progressive activist noted Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), the first openly LGBT Native American woman elected to Congress, was one of the moderates that wavered on the bill.

"I think the point still stands. I don't think people have to be personally racist to enable a racist system. And the same could even be said of the Southern Democrats," Chakrabarti said in a now deleted follow-up tweet. "I don't believe Sharice is a racist person, but her votes are showing her to enable a racist system."

Although Breitbart News reported on the controversial comments at the time, neither Ocasio-Cortez nor House leadership acknowledged that Chakrabarti may have crossed a line. The situation, though, changed sharply in July when Ocasio-Cortez accused Pelosi of "singling out newly elected women of color."

After the rebuke, Pelosi's allies within the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) moved simultaneously to defend the Speaker and attack the freshman congresswoman. A number of the CBC's members, including Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO), directed their anger at both Ocasio-Cortez and her chief of staff.

"It shows you how ignorant and little history [Chakrabarti] knows, how ignorant he is to American history. How dare he," Clay toldThe Hill.

The Missouri Democrat extended his criticism to Justice Democrats, the group started by Chakrabart to support left-leaning primary challenges to establishment Democrats.

"I find it juvenile, their tactics, I find their ignorance to be beyond belief about American history and about who are really segregationists," Clay said. "And so how dare they try to play the race card at this point, it shows you the weakness of their arguments."

Other moderates appeared to echo the sentiment, with some even anonymously calling for Chakrabarti's ouster.

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Days after a foreigner killed a young boy by pushing him and his mother under a train, the German interior minister has recommended stricter checks at the country's Swiss border and advanced security measures at all rail stations.

"I will do everything in order to put intelligent controls in place on the border," Horst Seehofer told Spiegel magazine in a follow-up to the harrowing incident at Frankfurt station, in which a 40-year-old Eritrean man assaulted an eight-year-old boy and his mother.
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Now, Seehofer wants to introduce "occasional, temporary checks at the border with Switzerland" to screen foreigners. Both Germany and Switzerland are in the visa-free Schengen area, but travelers crossing their border aren't subjected to any controls.

The issue needs to be dealt with immediately, Seehofer warned, mentioning that a total of 43,000 unauthorized arrivals had been registered in Germany last year. The conservative politician was once at odds with Angela Merkel over imposing limits on incoming immigrants, but this time the Chancellor "is fully on my side on the issues of security."

Border checks aside, Seehofer also urges ramping up security at railway stations. He didn't expand on that but said it could involve installing safety barriers or locks on the platforms - similar to those already in use in London and Paris. Such countermeasures could potentially cost billions of Euros, the minister acknowledged

Police say they were attempting to arrest Mr Garner for selling loose, untaxed cigarettes outside a store in Staten Island. When Mr Garner refused to be handcuffed, officers put him in a chokehold, which are banned under police policy. Mr Pantaleo maintains that he actually used a legal manoeuvre called the "seatbelt." Mr Garner's medical examiner found that his death was caused by a chokehold.

None of the officers involved in Mr Garner's death have been charged with a crime, nor have they been reprimanded by the New York Police Department. Mr Pantaleo remains an active member of the NYPD.