An elite police unit in Memphis whose ex-officers are charged with the murder of Tyre Nichols has been disbanded after its tactics came under scrutiny. Scorpion - which stands for "Street Crimes ...

Witness testimonies in the federal trial for three former Memphis officers accused of beating Tyre Nichols to death continued ...

The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering Tyre Nichols. Scorpion stands for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace ...

Most resulted in drug charges. Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis has since scrapped the Scorpion Unit. “You saw a lot of arrests. You saw them fighting crime, but you also saw a lot of innocent ...

They had been members of a crime suppression team called the SCORPION unit, which was created by the Memphis police force to address street crime. The group had become infamous, and, weeks after ...

A former Memphis police officer has testified that ... The five officers were part of the Scorpion Unit, a team of officers tasked with finding drugs, illegal guns and violent criminals.

Martin said he and his former colleagues — members of the Scorpion Unit, a Memphis police team that looked for drugs, illegal guns and violent criminals — would justify the force they used ...

Police special units like the one that killed Tyre Nichols are common. Here’s why they’ve drawn criticism The Scorpions were one of the many specialized police units that have proliferated in ...

Martin said he and his former colleagues — members of the Scorpion Unit, a Memphis police team that looked for drugs, illegal guns and violent criminals — would justify the force they used ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Witness testimonies in the federal trial for three former Memphis officers accused of beating Tyre Nichols to death continued on Thursday with two ex-Scorpion Unit officers ...