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United States v. City of New Orleans

2:12-cv-01924 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: July 24, 2012

Case Ongoing

In 2010, New Orleans Mayor Mitchell Landrieu invited the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to review civil rights issues at the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), and propose any necessary reforms. The DOJ opened the requested investigation on May 15, 2010, pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on March 17, 2011, the DO…
POLICING
DOJ Investigation of Beverly Hills Police Department

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The DOJ opened one of its first “pattern-or-practice” investigations on August 12, 1996, to investigate the Beverly Hills Police Department. It closed this investigation November 11, 2000, without a consent decree or other agreement and without publishing any specific findings. The DOJ stated that it found no constitutional violations while investigating. News media made a public records request for information related to the investigation, but the DOJ said that it could not produce any documen…
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DOJ Investigation of Phoenix Police Department

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On August 5, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it was opening a pattern and practice investigation into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department (“Phoenix”). According to the announcement, the investigation, initiated under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, intended to examine whether the City and the Department had a pattern or practice of violating the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of its citizens, the 1964 Civil Rights Act,…
POLICING
United States v. City of Cleveland

1:15-cv-01046 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Filed Date: May 25, 2015

Case Ongoing

In March 2013, following a series of highly-publicized use-of-force incidents involving the Cleveland Division of Police (CDP), the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, that focused on the CDP's use of force, including deadly force. This was the second investigation conducted by the DOJ into the CDP's practices in a little over ten years, as the DOJ had prev…

Re: Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police

DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

July 23, 2002

Re: Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police Central Prison Unit and Holding Cell Facilities

Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

June 4, 2003

Joint Statement of Principles by the United State Department of Justice and the City of Cleveland regarding the Cleveland Division of Police

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 2, 2014

Justice Department and City of Cleveland Agree to Reform Division of Police After Finding a Pattern or Practice of Excessive Force

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 4, 2014

Investigation of the Cleveland Division of Police

2013 DOJ Investigation of Cleveland Division of Police

No Court

Dec. 4, 2014

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DOJ Investigation of Providence Police Department

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Filed Date: Dec. 11, 2002

Closed Date: March 26, 2008

On January 28, 2000, Sgt. Cornel Young Jr., a Black Providence police officer, was shot dead by two white officers who mistook him for a suspect when he was off duty and came to their aid. The two officers were cleared of misconduct in the shooting. Prompted by this event, the Department of Justice initiated a pattern-or-practice investigation into the Providence Police Department on December 11, 2002. DOJ closed its investigation on March 26, 2008, without further enforcement action. The mothe…
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United States v. Springfield Police Department

3:22-cv-30043 | U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Filed Date: April 13, 2022

Case Ongoing

On April 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice brought this case against the Springfield Police Department and the City of Springfield in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, proceeding under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The federal government alleged that the defendants, specifically the Springfield Police Department Narcotics Bureau, engaged in a pattern or practice of excessive force that violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constit…
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United States v. South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice

3:22-cv-01221 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Filed Date: April 14, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about the alleged constitutional violations of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (the “Department of Juvenile Justice”) against the children in their custody at the Broad River Road Complex. These violations include not preventing fights among youths, staff harming children by using excessive force (such as choking, punching, kicking, and twisting arms), and isolating youth for minor indiscretions. On April 14, 2022 the United States, represented by attorneys from…
JUVENILE INSTITUTION
DOJ Investigation of Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility

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On October 25, 2010, the Special Litigation Section of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced that it was commencing an investigation into the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility (“Walnut Grove”) in Mississippi (“the State”). Walnut Grove was a 1,500 bed prison that housed children and men aged 13 to 22 in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). According to the DOJ report, the population of Walnut Grove more than tripled between 2001 and…
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United States v. City of Seattle

2:12-cv-01282 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: July 27, 2012

Case Ongoing

On March 31, 2011, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened an investigation of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (then codified at 42 U.S.C. § 14141; then recodified to 34 U.S.C. § 12601), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Following a comprehensive investigation, on December 16, 2011, the DOJ announced its findings that SPD …
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U.S. v. City of Albuquerque

1:14-cv-01025 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2014

Case Ongoing

On November 12, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this lawsuit against the city of Albuquerque in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The DOJ brought this action under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, 42 U.S.C. § 14141, alleging that officers of the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) were engaging in a pattern or practice of use of excessive force, including deadly force, in violation of the Fourth Amendment and § 14141. Specifically…