A month ago, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was beaten by Memphis police officers with the specialized SCORPION unit following a traffic stop not far from his family’s home. He was ta…
The specialized SCORPION unit also was disbanded, less than two years after it was put into place.Sweat, the fire chief, told the council that training issues and the failure of EMTs to take personal accountability on a call were to blame for her department’s handling of Nichols.
According to Sweat, she saw the video of Nichols’ beating when it was released to the public, but an EMS chief had reviewed it days prior. Before the video was released on Friday, managers had already scheduled an administrative hearing with the employees involved for Monday, said the chief. “As the director of fire, there is a problem. I think it’s very clear to you now that solutions are required. And I understand procedures were not followed, and I understand we are looking at it. But it’s got to be more than that. OK, director, it’s got to be this is what we see and this is how we’ll fix it,” Colvett said.In contrast, Davis, the police chief, told the council that training was not an issue for officers in this case.
Davis also told the council that there were “around 10” officers on the scene of the beating, although several did not appear in the video. She said that there were at least 30 members of the now-disbanded SCORPION unit that have since been reassigned to other units.
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