Police Charged With Killing Tyre Nichols Allegedly Beat Another Man Days Before
I'm not surprised by this at all. When the Tyre Nichols video was released it was clear that wasn't the first time those cops had beaten the sh^t out of a 'suspect', and the department should review every arrest made by those officers.
Sounds like they are starting to do that. That's a good first step imho .............
Police Charged With Killing Tyre Nichols Allegedly Beat Another Man Days Before
Now prosecutors are reviewing past criminal cases involving the officers.
Monterrious Harris, 22, was sitting in his car outside his cousin’s apartment in Memphis on January 4 when eight men in black hooded sweatshirts and ski masks allegedly approached the vehicle and ordered him out. “I will shoot you!” one of the men said, according to Harris. “I will shoot you!” Harris put his car in reverse and it collided with an obstruction, according to his account. As he got out of the vehicle, he saw that the men were wearing tactical vests, so he put his hands in the air. The men then allegedly grabbed, punched, and kicked him for about two minutes, pushing his face into a concrete walkway and leaving him with a bloodied head, a swollen eye, and a gashed leg.
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In the weeks since Nichols’ death, multiple people in Memphis have come forward with stories of police brutality, suggesting a pattern of aggression and misconduct by the Memphis Police Department. Some of these people were arrested, including Harris, who was accused of unlawfully possessing a gun and marijuana, allegations that he denies.
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In Harris’ case three days earlier, the officers also made claims that have since been disputed. They wrote in their arrest affidavit that Harris “tried to evade detectives on foot” and “disregarded commands” to stop—in contrast to Harris’ account that he stood still and put his hands up. According to the Commercial Appeal, the affidavit does not mention that the officers beat Harris during the encounter. Harris says the officers also lied about his charges: The gun belonged to his cousin, according to his attorney, and he did not have marijuana in his possession. The officers’ “entire encounter with Mr. Harris,” the lawsuit states, “was legally unjustified, unquestionably unconstitutional, and unacceptable in any civilized society.”
The lawsuit alleges that officers in the Scorpion unit “were routinely assaulting, using excessive force, unlawfully detaining, unlawfully arresting and/or falsely charging persons with crimes without a legal and/or constitutional justification.” It accuses the Memphis Police Department of training these officers to move body cameras during these events to “shield [their] actions from the public,” and also training them to falsify reports of what happened afterward.
Much more on the link ...
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2023/02/police-tyre-nichols-monterrious-harris-lawsuit/
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What do you expect when you call a unit Scorpion? 
