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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 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 use excessive force and discriminate against Black people, Justice Department finds
The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a U.S.
Memphis says it won’t agree to federal oversight of police department ahead of investigation report
Memphis will not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until it can review and challenge results of a yet-to-be-released Department of Justice investigation into how its officers use force and treat minorities,
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.
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.
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 ...
Trump picks Gail Slater to head Justice Department's antitrust division
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Gail Slater, an antitrust veteran and economic adviser for JD Vance, to ...
Reporter vs. KJP: If Biden Believes The Justice System Is "Infected," "He's Saying His Own Justice Department Is Broken"
In a White House gaggle on Monday, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre what President Biden meant ...
President Biden bypassed Justice Department in pardoning son Hunter: court records
President Joe Biden had unlimited power to pardon his son Hunter, but legal experts said the Justice Department typically ...
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 transition signs agreement with Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks on Trump picks
Donald Trump’s transition team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Justice Department, paving the way for the ...
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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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 ...