Memphis’s Scorpion is the latest special police unit to come under scrutiny.
Tag: Police Reform
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Scorpion Unit Emerged as Memphis Pursued Get-Tough Strategy
City leaders had praised the new group as a key strategy for fighting crime. Now they are trying to assess whether it was flawed from the start.
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Tyre Nichols’ Death Proves Yet Again That “Elite” Police Units Are a Disaster
They shatter the trust of the community, and the results can be deadly.
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Memphis Police Disbands Unit Whose Officers Were Charged in Tyre Nichols’s Death
Mr. Nichols’s family and activists had demanded the scuttling of the group, the Scorpion unit, which patrolled high-crime areas of the city.
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Tyre Nichols’s Death Is America’s Shame
He is now a marquee victim of a predacious system that America has lost its willingness to confront.