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(Reuters) -The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday following an investigation, calling on the ...
The Memphis Police Department was found to be in violation of the U.S. Constitution due to a pattern of misconduct involving discrimination and excessive force, according to an investigation by ...
The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve.” (Scripps News) Memphis police use excessive force and discriminate against ...
The Memphis Police Department was founded in 1827. [6] In 1878, the 55-man police department was devastated by the yellow fever epidemic with all 55 officers stricken, and 10 officers dying. [6] By 1927, the city's murder rate was 69.3 per 100,000 population, the highest in the country.
Memphis will not agree to negotiate federal oversight of its police department until it can review and challenge results of a yet-to-be-released Department of Justice investigation into how its ...
The report says that “Memphis police officers regularly violate the rights of the people they are sworn to serve.” "The people of Memphis deserve a police department and city that protects their civil and constitutional rights, garners trust and keeps them safe,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s ...
Two other Memphis police officers were injured during the shooting. The DA's office, after charging the 17-year-old, said evidence from the shootout indicated that McKinney was killed by friendly ...
Memphis Police Department interim Chief Cerelyn "C.J." Davis listens to a question from the media after she and Mayor Paul Young announced at a press conference that Assistant Chief Shawn Jones is ...