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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 31, 2023

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials held a community meeting yesterday as part of its pattern or practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department, the Daily Memphian reports. Maureen Johnston, acting deputy chief of the DOJ Civil Rights Division’s Special Litigation Section, told attendees that the investigation “will be looking into whether there are violations of the Fourth Amendment uses of force that are excessive,” “whether there are violations of the Fourth Amendment in the way that the police department makes stops, conduct searches” and “whether there is discriminatory policing” in Memphis. Attendees then met in small groups with DOJ employees. Read more about issues discussed.