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

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

A federal judge ruled to replace a private attorney who monitors the Memphis Police Department with two lawyers employed by ...

A memo states that officials are implementing the freeze to be “consistent with the Department’s goal of ensuring that the ...

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

The Memphis City Council Tuesday reappointed Cerelyn "C.J." Davis as police chief. She spent the previous year as MPD's ...

Nichols’ death kickstarted a 17-month federal investigation into the Memphis Police Department. In December 2024, the Department of Justice released a jaw-dropping, 73-page report detailing the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis City Council members voted to approve Cerelyn 'C.J.' Davis as the Memphis Police Department chief one year after being tagged as the interim. Davis was confirmed unanimously ...

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

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

Most in Memphis Police Department are lesser-experienced ... Young's administration came in the opening months of the U.S. Department of Justice's pattern-or-practice investigation.