US justice dept investigating Memphis cops for civil rights violations FMTNews FMTWorld
WASHINGTON: The US justice department’s civil rights division has opened an investigation into whether the Memphis Police Department has an unconstitutional “pattern or practice” of using excessive force and racial discrimination, department officials announced on Thursday.
The federal investigation announced on Thursday is not tied to any specific incident, assistant attorney-general Kristen Clarke said at a press conference, though she noted Nichols’ “tragic death” in her remarks. Federal investigators will also examine reports that officers may be involved in racial discrimination by disproportionately stopping Black people for minor violations in the majority-Black city, such as a broken tail light on their car.
Videos of Nichols’ deadly beating brought fresh outrage in a country where multiple police departments have repeatedly been found to use excessive force against Black people.
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