Exclusive Investigation: Prosecutors say MPD failed to refer police beating of prisoner for criminal review
Beating case is among scores of police use-of-force files in which the city is limiting access
The manual search through Memphis Police Department's excessive-force investigations is a slow and tedious process. But a recent search uncovered a file on the 2015 police beating of a suspect that reportedly wasn't referred to the Shelby County District Attorney's Office for review of the officers' conduct.