The Latest Breaking News from Kristen Clarke

The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged civil rights violations by police in a majority Black Mississippi city

Jails in Charleston and Columbia where incarcerated people have died violently at the hands of employees or others held behind bars are under federal investigation, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Six white former law enforcement officers have pleaded guilty to a racist assault on Michael Corey Jenkins and his friend Eddie Terrell Parker, who are Black

Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department said the Mississippi officers "caused harm to the entire community who feel that they can't trust the police officers who are supposed to serve them."

Seven months after the horrific beating death by police of Memphis, Tennessee, motorist Tyre Nichols, the Justice Department, on July 27, 2023, launched a civil rights investigation into allegations the Memphis Police Department routinely used excessive force and, on a systemic basis, discriminated against Black residents.

The investigation centres on questions of discrimination in the wake of the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols.

Civil pattern and practice inquiry comes after claims of brutality and discrimination, including death of Tyre Nichols in January

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the patterns or practices of the police department in Memphis, Tennessee, seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop

The Justice Department says a new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson