Memphis police needs oversight, said Timothy Williams, a police use-of-force expert who served with the Los Angeles Police Department when it was under a consent decree from 2001 to 2013.

Topline. The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into Memphis city officials and the Memphis Police Department on Thursday, following allegations that its officers used ...

The Justice Department is investigating the city of Memphis and its police department for possible violations in its use of force, searches and arrests and whether it engaged in discriminatory ...

Justice Department and the city of Memphis to address results of scathing police investigation FILE - Members of the Memphis Police Department work a crime scene in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan ...

The Justice Department released the results of its investigation into the Memphis Police Department on Wednesday, nearly two years after officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man ...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is opening a civil rights investigation into the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department. The announcement came six months after ...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into whether the Memphis Police Department has an unconstitutional "pattern or practice" of using excessive force ...

The Justice Department announced an investigation into the Memphis Police Department in July 2023, looking at the department’s “pattern or practice” of how it uses force and conducts stops ...

By Ray Sanchez and Melissa Gray, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said Thursday it has opened a civil rights investigation into the city of Memphis and its police department, which came under ...

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it will review the Memphis police department policies on use of force, de-escalation policies and specialized units in response to the fatal beating ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers after he ran away from a traffic stop in January 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police Department, from the use ...