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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Apr 6, 2023

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says that the results of a federal investigation into the Memphis Police Department (MPD) will show whether Tyre Nichols’ death was part of broader cultural issues in the MPD, reports The Daily Memphian. During an appearance on the paper’s On the Record podcast, Strickland did not dismiss the idea that the department’s culture contributed to the lack of intervention observed before and after Nichols’ encounter with MPD. “It certainly brings up a question of whether there is a culture problem, whether this was just the officers who were there or is there a bigger problem in the police department,” Strickland said.