The Memphis Police Department routinely engages in policing that violates residents' civil rights and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a newly released ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is closing its investigation into the Memphis Police Department, a May 21 press release from the DOJ said. The Justice Department opened a pattern-or-practice ...

Sweeping DOJ action dismisses lawsuits against Louisville and Minneapolis police departments, questioning the effectiveness of consent decrees and their financial burden.

The judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre ...

The federal judge presiding over the case against five former Memphis officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols ...

The dangerous pullback by the Justice Department is likely to result in more wrongful deaths at the hands of police — particularly of Black people and members of other minority groups.

Attorneys for the City of Memphis said they plan to file for a stay in the court of appeals on the ruling Monday.

The city claims because the DOJ's investigation into Memphis police was retracted, the findings are "not proportional to the ...

Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.