Exclusive: DOJ civil rights chief talks police reform, hate as Trump rollbacks feared
Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the Justice Department "a bittersweet moment."
How will Trump's DOJ putting civil rights litigation on hold affect Memphis' cases?
The U.S. Department of Justice is pausing all active litigation being done by its civil rights division. How could this freeze affect Memphis' cases?
Trump’s new Justice Department leadership orders a freeze on civil rights cases
President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated
Backlash brews as Trump guts 'conscience' of Justice Department, freezing civil rights cases
Donald Trump’s new DOJ leadership has ordered a pause on any ongoing Civil Rights litigation. Prosecutors have also been ordered against opening any new cases, essentially freezing any action in the division.
Trump DOJ leaders freeze civil rights litigation, police reform agreements
The Justice Department has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and indicated it could rethink numerous police reform agreements with local departments that were negotiated under the Biden administration.
Trump hiring freeze hits law students headed to the U.S. Justice Department
The U.S. Department of Justice has rescinded job offers to law students who were set to join the agency this year, a move some legal educators called a "heartbreaking" and "cruel" outcome for soon-to-be attorneys who want to work for the government.
Trump’s Justice Department halts police reform agreements
The Trump administration is putting a halt to agreements that require reforms of police departments where the Justice Department found a pattern of misconduct, according to a memo issued Wednesday. “The new administration may wish to reconsider settlements and consent decrees negotiated and approved by the prior administration,
DOJ suspends police reform agreements
The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump has suspended all police reform agreements between the federal government and local police departments. Acting Associate Attorney General Chad Mizelle issued the order this week to the Justice Department’s civil rights division to “not execute or finalize any settlements or consent decrees approved prior to January 20,
US Justice Department freezes its civil rights litigation
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the administration of former President Joe Biden, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday.
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Justice Dept. says Memphis police used systemic excessive force
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 ...
DOJ case against Phoenix could be on hold under Trump administration
The Justice Department has been ordered not to pursue new cases, settlements or legal action in ongoing cases, according to ...
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Memphis police use 'excessive force', US justice department says
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 ...
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Former MPD Police Chief weighs in on DOJ investigation
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 ...
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Will Troubled Police Departments Escape Federal Accountability?
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 ...
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Most in Memphis Police Department are lesser-experienced officers. Can problems arise?
The Memphis Police Department refused multiple requests to ... an adjunct professor from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Ross, a former academy instructor with the New York Police ...