FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Sheriff's Office crime suppression unit, known as the SCORPION unit, announced its new name nearly three months after the beating death of Tyre Nichols in ...

More than half of the Memphis Police officers once assigned to the department's now-defunct SCORPION Unit have been reassigned to the Memphis Police Department's organized crime unit, a list from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has announced a new name for the department’s SCORPION Unit after the death of Tyre Nichols.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Witness testimonies in the federal trial for three former Memphis officers accused of beating Tyre Nichols to death continued on Thursday with two ex-Scorpion Unit officers testifying ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Chief C.J. Davis faced tough questions from the Memphis city council as they decided whether to allow her to continue in that role. Most of the questions revolved around the SCORPION ...

Tyre Nichols’ death led to the disbanding of the entire unit as it goes under investigation. Harris said they didn’t identify themselves, wore ski masks and had guns drawn forcing him out of his ...

Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said Friday he is renaming his department’s Scorpion Unit less than three months after Memphis officers in a similarly named unit beat a man to death. The elite ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Binghampton man said police arrested him on felony charges for something he didn’t do. Months later, the Shelby County District Attorney’s office threw out his case along with ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The five former Memphis Police Department (MPD) officers charged with second degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols all plead not guilty, appearing in court for the ...

March 29 (Reuters) - The aggressive and discriminatory tactics of some specialized policing units are getting renewed attention since the killing of Tyre Nichols in January by officers in Memphis’ now ...

Since the release of video footage showing Tyre Nichols’ killing at the hands of at least five police officers assigned to Memphis Police Department’s “Scorpion” unit, I and others have urged that ...

Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has announced a new name for the department’s SCORPION Unit after the death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols died in January, days after being beaten by five members of the ...