on january 7th. the city of memphis reacting today to the big announcement that the police scorpion unit the, one that is involved in the deadly beating, would be disbanded. here s what shelby county district attorney stephen mulroy told me in the last hour. i have heard that a number of citizens making complaints about the scorpion unit. i know that units of that kind sometimes can both in memphis and around the country sometimes breed a culture of over aggressiveness. i think it s probably a healthy thing of the units that disbanded. also new today. city officials cleaning up the discrepancy between the number of officers on the scene of the meeting. and the number body camera videos released. officials telling abc news some police body cameras were turned off during the beating and nichols. that when police first of nicholas, one of the three officers involved did not activate his camera. another turned it on but the camera fell off immediately. only two officers
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