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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adrian Sainz,Jonathan Mattise and Alanna Durkin Richer

Justice Department and the city of Memphis to address results of scathing police investigation

Tyre Nichols Police Justice Department Memphis United States the Memphis Police Department Demetrius Haley Desmond Mills Jr Emmitt Martin Justin Smith
Tyre Nichols - (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers after he ran away from a traffic stop in January 2023 exposed serious problems in the Memphis Police Department, from the use of excessive force to its mistreatment of Black people in the majority-Black city, a federal investigation has found.

A report released Wednesday revealed the findings of a 17-month Department of Justice investigation into Memphis police that began after Nichols was kicked, punched and hit with a police baton. Members of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division plan to discuss the report during a Thursday morning news conference, followed by a rebuttal by the city of Memphis with its own press availability.

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