The lawsuit accuses Memphis Police Director Cerelyn 'CJ' Davis of starting a crime-suppression unit called Scorpion to target repeat violent offenders in high-crime areas.
Martin and Haley deactivated their body worn cameras, the lawsuit states. They ran to Nichols' car and pulled him out without explanation. They wore black sweatshirts with the hoods pulled up and did not identify themselves as police. Hemphill, meanwhile, "sprinted out of his unmarked squad with his gun drawn, held sideways, and pointed squarely at Tyre-ready to deploy deadly force on a non-resistant individual for an unknown and unidentified offense.
Nichols was captured a few minutes later by Mills, Bean and Smith. Joined by Haley and Martin, "they brutally punched, kicked, and pepper-sprayed him and beat him with a baton for seven minutes straight, all while he was physically restrained," according to the lawsuit. "Unlike Till, this lynching was carried out by those adorned in department sweatshirts and vests and their actions were sanctioned-expressly and implicitly-by the City of Memphis," it said.
After the beating, Memphis police on the scene "smiled, laughed, and talked with their fellow officers" as Nichols sat on the ground, the lawsuit said. The suit accuses Davis of forming an identical unit at the Memphis Police Department that "predictably implemented the same unconstitutional mandates, policies, and customs"
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