Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> authorized the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> to conduct civil investigations into constitutional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuses</span></a> by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>, such as excessive use of force or racially-motivated policing, in 1994, as a response to the horrific beating of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RodneyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RodneyKing</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> man, by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LAPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAPD</span></a> officers.</p><p>During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>'s presidency, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> Division launched 12 such "pattern or practice" investigations into police depts including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Phoenix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phoenix</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trenton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trenton</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Memphis</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Lexington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lexington</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PoliceReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>