A day after the public release of video showing the horrific police beating of Tyre Nichols in the US, the Memphis police department announced it is permanently deactivating the unit that five of the involved officers belonged to.The SCORPION unit, launched in 2021, was tasked with tackling rising crime in the city, but has been heavily criticised in the aftermath of the 29-year-old man's killing. Nichols was brutally beaten on January 7 after a traffic stop. He required hospitalisation and died on January 10.The five Memphis officers who were fired and charged in Nichols' death all were members of the unit, Memphis police spokesperson Major Karen Rudolph told CNN on Saturday.
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