Skip to main content

Video

Justice Department Announces Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department

Remote video URL
Watch DOJ Announces Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police.. on YouTube.

The Justice Department announced today that it has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department (MPD). The investigation will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations of the Constitution or federal law by MPD. The investigation will focus on MPD’s use of force and its stops, searches and arrests, as well as whether it engages in discriminatory policing.

Related:
Justice Department Announces Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke Delivers Remarks Announcing Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department

Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

Updated August 22, 2023
Topic
Civil Rights
Components
Civil Rights Division
USAO - Tennessee, Western

Related Content

Assistant Attorney General Clarke meets with government officials to foster AI and civil rights coordination.
Press Release
Readout of Justice Department’s Interagency Convening on Advancing Equity in Artificial Intelligence

Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division convened principals of federal agency civil rights offices and senior government officials to foster AI and civil rights coordination.

Press Release
Two Former Missouri Police Officers Indicted for Federal Civil Rights Violations

Two former Northwoods, Missouri, police officers were indicted last week for violating a man’s civil rights in 2023. One officer turned himself in yesterday, and the other turned himself in...

Speech
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Justice Department’s Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington

Good afternoon. Thank you, Kevonne, for that introduction, and for your leadership of the Office for Civil Rights in the Office of Justice Programs.