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Why elite police units like SCORPION have been controversial for decades

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Why elite police units like SCORPION have been controversial for decades

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Aggressive tactics and even deaths have been blamed on specialist police teams long before members of the Memphis SCORPION unit beat Tyre Nichols. CNN's Shimon Prokupecz reports.

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