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 ...

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 ...

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 Justice Department under the Biden administration sought to bring them back, opening a dozen civil rights investigations into police departments. Some cities, like Memphis and Phoenix ...

Homicides and murders both dropped in 2024, data from the Memphis Police Department said. And, days into the new year, a ...