The Justice Department on Wednesday said a 17-month civil rights investigation found that the Memphis Police Department engages in the systemic use of excessive force and discriminates against ...

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and follows policies that discriminate against black people, the US justice department has said. This includes unnecessarily escalating ...

(WMC/Gray News) - 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. According to the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving forward to correct constitutional violations it reports are commonplace in the Memphis Police Department (MPD). Two weeks after its ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Former Memphis Police Department Police Chief Tony Armstrong was one of several law experts who spoke on a panel about the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Pattern or Practice ...

the Justice Department has completed investigations into seven other police departments — in Minneapolis; Phoenix; Lexington, Mississippi; Trenton, New Jersey; Memphis; Worcester, Massachusetts ...

In Memphis, people like the Rev. Dr. Earle Fisher had asked the Justice Department for years to investigate the city’s police officers. But now, he worries that there will be no follow-through.

The lawsuit also cites heavily from the U.S. Department of Justice's findings report, a byproduct of its investigation into the Memphis Police Department. 'Room for opportunity.' Memphis mayor ...