The SCORPION Unit had been created to combat violent crime in Memphis, but was controversial in the city. After the death of Tire Nichols, the police decided to extinguish it permanently.
Police in the city of Memphis, in the US state of Tennessee, have dismantled the “SCORPION” police unit, the controversial special team that earlier this month killed the young African-American Tire Nichols after a STOP operation, a situation that originated in the last days. a wave of protests against police violence across the country.
As the BBC explains, SCORPION (acronym for Operation Street Crimes to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoodssort of like a street crime operation to restore peace to our neighborhoods) was a team of about 50 people whose primary mission was to police a number of specific areas of the city to try to reduce violent crime.
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Source: Observadora
