http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a MSN - AP World Copyright © 2010-2018 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Tue, 13 May 2025 10:53:35 +0000 http://syn2.thecanadianpress.com:8080/mrss/feed/fcf7391a2f354311807f0501c16bde6a/646fe809420c4557b24442e8ec73ce6b 646fe809420c4557b24442e8ec73ce6b Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:57:02 +0000 SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 28 January 20231. Medium of protesters pressing against a police car in MemphisHEADLINE: MEMPHIS POLICE DISBAND UNIT THAT BEAT TYRE NICHOLS2. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (English): "Justice for Tyre"3. Ffor a candlelight vigil for Tyre NicholsANNOTATION: The Memphis police chief disbanded the city's Scorpion unit on Saturday, reversing an earlier statement that she would keep it intact.ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 27 January 20234. SOUNDBITE (English) Cerelyn "CJ" Davis, Memphis Police Chief:"The Scorpion unit was put together to add extra visibility in the community and also develop relationships with community members. The acronym stands for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods. And it basically was that people felt like the police department was allowing gun violence in certain communities. And it wasn't that. It was just that police officers that are responding to calls for service has such high volumes of calls."++WHITE FLASH++"5. SOUNDBITE (English) Cerelyn "CJ" Davis, Memphis Police Chief:"The whole idea that the Scorpion unit is a bad unit, I just have a problem with that."ASSOCIATED PRESSMemphis, Tennessee - 28 January 20236. Flowers laid for Nichols7. Protester signsANNOTATION: The five officers within the Scorpion unit each face up to 60 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder.STORYLINE:The Memphis police chief has disbanded the city's so-called Scorpion unit after some of its officers beat to death Tyre Nichols. The announcement on Saturday reversed an earlier statement that the unit would remain intact.Police Chief Cerelyn "CJ" Davis said she listened to Nichols' relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision.Davis told The Associated Press on Friday that she did not feel like the unit was "a bad unit." Started in 2021, the unit is composed of three teams of about 30 officers who target violent offenders in areas beset by high crime."We had the highest numbers in homicides in 2021 that the city has ever had," said Davis. "The Scorpion unit was put together to add extra visibility in the community and also develop relationships with community members."On Saturday in a statement, Davis referred to "the heinous actions of a few" that dishonored the unit and said it was imperative that the department "take proactive steps in the healing process."===========================================================Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: info@aparchive.com(ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. AP interviews Memphis police chief on Scorpion unit