Memphis man says he was assaulted by same Scorpion officers charged with Tyre Nichols’ death
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By Deon J. Hampton and Corky Siemaszko, NBC News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A 22-year-old Black man said in an interview that he was assaulted by a group of Memphis police officers that included the five former officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
Monterrious Harris said he was beaten up three days before Nichols was attacked by some of the same officers who were with the now-disbanded Scorpion unit.
He said that the black-clad men who ordered him to get out of his car on Jan. 4 did not identify themselves and that he had no idea they were part of the special crime-fighting squad that would be implicated in Nichols’ death.
High-profile deaths like Nichols’ have contributed to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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