Memphis Police Used Excessive Force and Discriminated Against Black Residents, Justice Dept. Finds
The Police Department has been under scrutiny since January 2023, when officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, after pulling him over on his way home from work.
Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, Justice Department finds
The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve.”
Memphis police discriminate against Black people, US Justice Dept finds
The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday following an investigation, calling on the Tennessee city's police to undertake significant reforms.
Memphis police ‘unlawfully discriminates,’ uses excessive force against Black people, Justice Department says in report
The U.S. Department of Justice released a report Wednesday following a 17-month investigation into the practices of the Memphis Police Department in Tennessee.
Memphis Says It Won't Agree to Federal Oversight of Police Department Ahead of Investigation Report
The city of Memphis says will not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until can review and challenge results of a yet-to-be-released Department of Justice investigation into
Justice Dept. says Memphis police used systemic excessive force
Memphis officials rebuffed Justice Department attempts to place its police force on federal supervision nearly two years after the fatal beating of a Black man.
Reporter vs. KJP: If Biden Believes The Justice System Is "Infected," "He's Saying His Own Justice Department Is Broken"
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Trump picks Gail Slater to head Justice Department's antitrust division
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Trump transition signs agreement with Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks on Trump picks
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Justice Department announces sweeping reforms to curb suicides in federal prisons and jails
The Justice Department is ramping up efforts to address a crisis of suicides and systemic failures in federal prisons and ...
Trump team signs agreement with Justice Department for background checks for administration picks
There was bipartisan pressure on Trump to have FBI background checks of his Cabinet picks. Some have been under scrutiny over ...
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Walsh.,Canton City Schools earn Justice Department grant for violence intervention program
NORTH CANTON ‒ A U.S. Department of Justice grant will help to bring a middle school violence intervention and prevention ...
Justice Department calls for breakup of Google and sale of Chrome
The proposed breakup floated in a 23-page document filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department calls for Google ...
Memphis will not agree to federal oversight of police department after DOJ investigation
The City of Memphis, in a letter sent Wednesday, refused federal oversight stemming from a civil rights investigation of the ...
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Where Justice Department lawyers go when they need guidance of their own
It’s not a big group. Only 21 members. But it has national impact. And it recently marked 25 years in business. It’s the Professional Responsibility Advisory Office of the Justice Department to advise ...