The Memphis Police Department has deactivated its SCORPION Unit, the task force at the center of Tyre Nichols' death, the department said.
The decision came after Chief Cerelyn Davis met with other members of the unit, who agreed with the deactivation, according to a statement from the department.
All five officers fired and charged in connection with Nichols' death were in the unit, which had been inactive since the fatal encounter. Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci, the attorneys representing the family, had repeatedly called to end the unit.
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