The estate of Tyre Nichols has filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Memphis, the city’s police department, and the officers in the SCORPION Unit whose encounter with Nichols ultimately resulted in his death days later.
“Rather than ‘restore peace’ in Memphis neighborhoods, the SCORPION Unit brought terror,” the lawsuit states. “In reality, it was an officially authorized gang of inexperienced, untrained, hyper-aggressive police officers turned loose on the Memphis community without any oversight. They were instructed to strike without warning and, many times, without any valid constitutional basis.”
“Far from being the result of the actions of five rogue police officers, the events of January 7, 2023 were the culmination of a Department-sanctioned rampage by the unqualified, untrained, and unsupervised SCORPION Unit carrying out an unconstitutional mandate without any fear of retribution or consequence because of an acquiescence and acceptance of tolerated unconstitutional conduct that had been fostered since the SCORPION Unit’s inception,” Nichols family attorney Antonio M.
“Tyre Nichols should never have been stopped that day, and under no circumstances should he have been brutally beaten as an unarmed civilian who was subdued and no threat to officers. This type of policing culture is a cancer in our communities and must be seen for what it is — and stopped completely across the country.”
In addition to suing over the brutal beating of her son, Wells is also suing the defendants, alleging “intentional, reckless and negligent infliction of emotional distress and fraudulent misrepresentation,” claiming that Memphis Police Department Lieutenant DeWayne Smith lied to her during their initial conversation.
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