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To crack down on street crime, Memphis and other cities allow officers to use excessive force.

The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers.Rather, they were part of an elite squad: Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION team. A rather tortured acronym for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods,” SCORPION is a...

The head of the Memphis police has disbanded a specialized unit whose members are charged with killing Tyre Nichols. Now, there's increased scrutiny of other "flex" units across the country, including those in Baltimore.

The head of the Memphis police has disbanded a specialized unit whose members are charged with killing Tyre Nichols. Now, there's increased scrutiny of other "flex" units across the country, including those in Baltimore.

A car with dark tinted windows circles the block a few times before swerving onto the sidewalk. A handful of armed plainclothes police officers jump out and order everyone out of a double-parked car s...

"Elite" policing squads, like Memphis' recently-disbanded SCORPION unit, have drawn sharp criticism following the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by police.

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Police departments across the country deploy plainclothes squads of officers in unmarked cars to tackle increasing crime rates or get guns off the street

Tyre Nichols beating raises scrutiny on 'elite' police units | 2023-02-01 09:16:30

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