The Memphis Police Department Saturday announced that it has 'permanently deactivated' its SCORPION unit, one day after the release of shocking video which showed the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols earlier this month.
which showed the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. All five former officers involved in Nichols' arrest, who have since been charged with second-degree murder in his death, were part of that unit.
Officials came to the conclusion that it was"in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the SCORPION Unit," the statement read.The SCORPION unit had been inactive since the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, the city of Memphis had said in a news bulletin Friday. The crime-suppression teams patrolled in groups and at times used justified low-level traffic stops as a way to find violent criminals, drugs or weapons, according to the department. published on Jan. 27, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said,"Since this event happened, the SCORPION Unit has been and remains inactive," though he didn't clarify when the unit was deactivated.
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