{"id":53691,"date":"2023-07-27T18:45:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T01:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53691"},"modified":"2023-07-27T18:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T01:45:47","slug":"doj-will-investigate-memphis-police-use-of-force-arrests-and-allegations-of-discriminatory-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=53691","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Will Investigate Memphis Police Use of Force, Arrests and Allegations of Discriminatory Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DOJ Announces Pattern or Practice Investigation of the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police..\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2zTcH8cc_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"node-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"field-formatter--text-default field-text-format--wysiwyg text-formatted field_body\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a Civil Rights investigation into the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department to determine whether a pattern or practice of conduct violates the Constitution or our Federal Civil Rights laws, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The investigation will focus on MPD\u2019s use of force and its stops, searches, and arrests, as well as whether it engages in discriminatory policing, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qUhQdP4m83o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Justice is opening a Civil Rights investigation into the City of Memphis and the Memphis Police Department to determine whether a pattern or practice of conduct violates the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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