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Memphis cops’ elite “SCORPION” unit — involved in the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols earlier this month — has been shut down because of the “heinous actions of a few,” the police department announced Saturday.
At least two of the five officers who have now been charged with Nichols’ murder were members of the unit, whose acronym stands for Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods.
Memphis police said members of SCORPION met with Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis to “discuss the path forward” after Nichols’ death and the arrest of five officers, who were charged with second-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping in the case.
