BREAKING: The Memphis police chief has disbanded the 'Scorpion' special unit whose officers beat motorist Tyre Nichols to death.
The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called "Scorpion" special unit whose officers violently beat Black motorist Tyre Nichols.Police director says she 'listened intently' to Nichols's relatives, community leadersMemphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Memphis on Friday.
Police Director Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said Saturday that she "listened intently" to Nichols' relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. Recently released video shows officers savagely beating Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker, for three minutes while screaming profanities at him in an assault that the Nichols family legal team has likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.
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