Murder case casts pall on Memphis police Scorpion unit
Some of the five ex-officers in Memphis charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols were part of an elite crime-fighting unit that is now under scrutiny.
But some community activists say its focus on hot spots within the city contributes to officers' bias and brutality. "The Scorpion unit was involved," Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said on Thursday at a news conference as he announced the charges against the fired officers. In the wake of Mr Nichols' death, local man Cornell McKinney told a TV network he had a tense encounter with the unit on 3 January, just days before the incident involving Mr Nichols.
One of the officers that arrested Mr Nichols had previously been sued by a man who accused him of beating him when he was a prisoner eight years ago.
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