The shutdown of the MPD SCORPION Unit has been a consistent demand of Memphis-area activists, including those who protested Friday evening after the public release of video footage showing the savage beating of 29-year-old Tyre D. Nichols by officers assigned to the special unit that was disbanded on Saturday. (Photo: Gary S. Whitlow/GSW Enterprises/The … Continued
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