(WKRN) — After law enforcement charged several officers with murder following Tyre Nichols’s death last year, the city of Memphis stopped conducting pretextual traffic stops. That happens when ...

A state law barring local governments from forcing police departments to adopt policies limiting their ability to conduct traffic stops might not actually impact Memphis' pretextual stop policy ...

Investigations, lawsuits, and studies have shown time and again that police unfairly target people for stops and searches based on race, ethnicity, and religion. Because of decisions like Whren v. U.S ...

Recommended Videos A “pretext stop” is a stop in which a person is detained by a police officer, under the guise of an ordinance or traffic violation, but where the officer’s intention is to ...

An AP-NORC poll released on Tuesday cited immigration as a growing concern for all groups polled including Republicans, ...

Officers say there should be no limits on ’pretextual stops’ in Los Angeles and critics say they should be banned. The Los Angeles Police Commission adopted a new policy Tuesday intended to ...

A bill from a Memphis Republican that would essentially ban Memphis' ban on pretextual traffic stops passed the state Senate on Thursday. A bill from a Memphis Republican that would essentially ...