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 DOJ has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reforms negotiated by the Biden ...

A memo sent by President Donald Trump's administration is asking for all civil rights investigations to be put on hold.

A report released Wednesday revealed the findings of a 17-month Department of Justice investigation into Memphis police that began after officers kicked, punched and hit Nichols with a baton.

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 ...

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?

Kristen Clarke, the first Black woman to be the nation's top civil rights enforcer, called leaving the Justice Department "a ...

The Justice Department has been ordered not to pursue new cases, settlements or legal action in ongoing cases, according to ...

The Memphis Police Department was found to be in ... according to an investigation by the Department of Justice. Its findings revealed that the police department engaged in "a pattern or practice ...

President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may ...