A brand new Justice Division report on its investigation of the Memphis Police Division and the Metropolis of Memphis accuses police in Memphis, Tennessee of discriminating towards black individuals, utilizing extreme power, and making illegal stops and arrests.
This investigation comes after 5 Memphis law enforcement officials had been accused and indicted by a grand jury final September on expenses of second-degree homicide and kidnapping Tyre Nichols throughout a site visitors cease in January 2023.
As The Gateway Pundit reported in October, three of the officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, had been convicted of witness tampering however acquitted of federal expenses.
Officers Bean and Smith had been acquitted of civil rights expenses.
Two of the officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr., beforehand pleaded responsible to the identical expenses.
The Biden Justice Division’s report Wednesday claims that officers “disproportionally” goal black individuals.
“throughout a spread of various regulation enforcement actions, MPD treats Black individuals extra harshly than white individuals after they have interaction in comparable conduct,” the DOJ concluded.
The 70-page additional report states,
Memphis law enforcement officials commonly violate the rights of the individuals they’re sworn to serve. Our investigation discovered that officers use power to punish and retaliate towards individuals who don’t instantly do as they are saying. They quickly escalate encounters, together with site visitors stops, and use extreme power even when persons are already handcuffed or restrained. They resort to intimidation and threats. They’ve put themselves and others in hurt’s manner—officers have unlawfully fired at shifting automobiles and by chance pepper sprayed and fired Tasers at one another.”
“The Division of Justice has affordable trigger to imagine that the Metropolis and MPD have interaction in a sample or observe of conduct that violates federal regulation. As a primary step to ending this illegal conduct, we’ve recognized an preliminary set of cures, together with stronger insurance policies, coaching, supervision, accountability, and transparency. We look ahead to working with the Metropolis, MPD, and the Memphis group to develop and implement cures to handle the sample or observe of illegal conduct described on this report,” the report concludes.
In response to U.S. Information, Memphis, Tennessee, a majority Black metropolis, is essentially the most harmful place within the US primarily based on the town’s homicide and crime price. In response to the Census Bureau, Blacks comprise 64.4% of Memphis’ inhabitants, greater than double the white inhabitants of 26.5%. However the DOJ is scrutinizing the police division for having extra encounters, citations, and arrests involving black people.
Memphis radio station KWAM slammed the Biden Regime with info on the town’s black-led metropolis and black crime statistics in an X post-Thursday.
“Info could also be inconvenient for the Left, however info nonetheless matter,” the station concluded:
The Biden Justice Dept. has decided that the Memphis Police Dept. is racist and targets black individuals. The nationwide media is blaming white of us for the issues in Memphis — evaluating the Tyre Nichols case to what occurred in Minnesota with George Floyd. So, I really feel compelled to carry some info to the dialog:
1. The mayor is black.
2. The police chief is black.
3. The chair of the town council is black.
4. 7 of the 13 metropolis council members are black.
5. 5 of the 8 MPD command workers are black.
6. Greater than 50 p.c of the MPD officers are black.
7. Over 90 p.c of the suspects in homicides are black. And over 90 p.c of the victims are black.
8. The 5 officers charged within the horrific beating demise of Mr. Nichols – all black.
9. AND ALL OF THE DECISION MAKERS IN MEMPHIS ARE DEMOCRATS.Info could also be inconvenient for the Left, however info nonetheless matter.
The Biden Justice Dept. has decided that the Memphis Police Dept. is racist and targets black individuals. The nationwide media is blaming white of us for the issues in Memphis — evaluating the Tyre Nichols case to what occurred in Minnesota with George Floyd. So, I really feel compelled…
— KWAM Information Radio 990 AM Memphis (@Mighty990KWAM) December 6, 2024
The Metropolis of Memphis has reportedly declined to enter right into a consent decree with the Division of Justice. In a letter to the DOJ Wednesday, Metropolis Legal professional Tannera Gibson wrote, “Till the town has had the chance to overview, analyze and problem the particular allegations that assist your forthcoming findings report, the town can’t — and won’t — comply with work towards or enter right into a consent decree that may seemingly be in place for years to return and can value the residents of Memphis lots of of thousands and thousands of {dollars}.”
“From what we perceive, consent decrees stay in place for a mean of greater than ten years, with completely no controls to make sure well timed completion or consideration for the monetary affect to the affected group. Such a proposal just isn’t the fitting resolution for Memphis,” the letter continued.
