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washington. we are tracking major fallout in the fatal police beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a sixth memphis police officer was just relieved of duty for alleged involvement in the deadly incident. five previously fired officers charged with murder. those five were members of the scorpion unit that was disbanded over the weekend. this comes as new charges could be in play and as congress faces new calls to act on police reform. cnns nick valencia joins us now. nick, anybody who w...

Scorpion unit? >> absoluteabsolutely. we heard over the weekend that this unit has been permanently disbanded. scorpion unit, what a moniker to give a police unit. it stands for street crime operations to restore peace in our neighborhoods. they were launched in late 2021 and heralded by city leadership. in january of 2022, the mayor of memphis, jim strickland, praising this unit saying that it led to 566 arrests, 390 of them were felonies. he said just in a matter of a couple of months being ac...