Justice Department investigating Memphis man's arrest, death

The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the arrest of Tyre Nichols, who died days after a confrontation with Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop, officials said Wednesday. The U.S. attorney’s office released a statement saying the FBI’s field office in Memphis and the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department are investigating the use of force used by police during Nichols’ Jan. 7 arrest. The arrest and death of Nichols, 29, already has sparked separate investigations by Memphis police and the Tennessee Bureau...