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 ...

Justice Department investigations, often launched after controversial police killings, show how other forms of abusive policing can harm communities.

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was ...

The family of Tyre Nichols, their attorney Ben Crump and community members will come together on January 7 to honor him and ...

About half the uniformed patrol officers in the Memphis Police Department have been on the force less than 5 years, presenting challenges and opportunities.

The lawsuit filed by Nichols' mother blames the former Memphis Police officers and the department's "aggressive policing" for ...

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 ...

An agreement between the United States Department of Justice and the City of Memphis still hangs in the balance, but the door ...

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.