USA: Memphis rejects federal calls for police oversight after Tyre Nichols probe

Officials in Memphis, Tennessee, have pushed back against calls for greater oversight of the city’s police force after a report by the United States Department of Justice found widespread and…

USA: Memphis police use ‘excessive force’, US justice department says

The Memphis Police Department uses excessive force and follows policies that discriminate against black people, the US justice department has said. This includes unnecessarily escalating encounters with some of the…