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The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into Memphis city officials and the Memphis Police Department on Thursday, following allegations its officers used excessive force and discriminated against minorities—the latest investigation by the department that comes seven months after Tyre Nichols was killed during an encounter with city police.
Key Facts
The Justice Department said its investigation would focus on the Memphis Police Department’s use of excessive force, “racially discriminatory stops” and other policing practices against the city’s Black residents.
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