#  a cloud of dishonor 

By [eson](https://paragraph.com/@eson) · 2023-02-01

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The officers were part of a dedicated “Scorpion” unit, established in 2021 to deploy in neighborhoods where the city had documented high rates of crime. The department has now [disbanded the unit](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/us/scorpion-memphis-police-tyre-nichols.html), with police officials saying that the “heinous actions of a few” had cast a cloud of dishonor on the unit.

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*Originally published on [eson](https://paragraph.com/@eson/a-cloud-of-dishonor)*