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Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 23, 2025

Stand for Children Tennessee and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) submitted public records requests following the U.S. Department of Justice’s closure of its investigation into the Memphis Police Department earlier this week. According to The Commercial Appeal, the move is part of an effort underway in seven states where the DOJ previously found patterns of civil rights violations but did not secure consent decrees. The public records requests from Stand for Children and the ACLU seek response-to-resistance forms and internal investigation documents dating back to the release of the DOJ’s report. The groups are also requesting policies that were in effect prior to the beating of Tyre Nichols. Similar requests have been filed in Massachusetts, New York, Arizona, Mississippi, Minnesota and Kentucky.