BALTIMORE — Maryland State Police is asking the state for $2.75 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into racial discrimination within the agency. The state police’s request for settlement funds appears on the agenda of next week’s meeting of the Board of Public Works,

The Justice Department had been probing whether Maryland State Police’s hiring and promotional practices discriminated against Black troopers.

Police in a majority Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against its critics, the Justice Department said Thursday in a scathing report detailing findings of an investigation into civil rights abuses.