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

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Pattern-or-practice investigations help build and maintain that trust by ensuring law enforcement agencies do their jobs lawfully.
56% : "At the Justice Department, we are committed to using all our tools to help ensure that Memphis residents have a safe community and can trust in the actions of law enforcement.
54% : In this investigation, the Department will assess law enforcement practices under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, as well as under the Safe Streets Act of 1968 and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
46% : This announcement marks the ninth pattern or practice investigation into law enforcement misconduct opened by the Justice Department during this Administration.

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