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At his memorial service on Wednesday, Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of Memphis police prompted charges of second-degree murder against five officers, will be remembered for the life he led.

The so-called Scorpion unit of the Memphis Police Department was abolished on Saturday due to a "cloud of disgrace" raised by recently released footage showing some of the unit's members fatally assaulting Tyre Nichols after stopping the Black driver.

In response to the release of the bodycam video, protests over Tyre Nichols' death, which occurred at the age of 29, have continued, and law enforcement in New York, New Jersey, and other parts of the country are preparing for a second day of intense public activity on Saturday.

A court for the NYPD exonerated the officer who pepper-sprayed state senator Zellnor Myrie at a 2020 George Floyd demonstration. A request for comment by publication was not met with a response from either the CCRB or the NYPD.

Following the release of body camera video showing Memphis officers abusing Tyre Nichols, demonstrators flocked to the streets in New York City Friday night, resulting in three arrests.

BRONX - Police released new photos of one of the men suspected of running over a police officer during a brazen getaway in the Bronx in November. At around 10 pm on November 22, officers in an unmarked police car saw a man changing license plates to a gray 2007 BMW M5 in front of 2287 Loring Avenue. The officers parked slightly in front of the BMW and another unmarked patrol car parked slightly behind.

BRONX - Police are currently waiting for a medical examiner's report to determine a homeless man's cause of death after one witness claimed to have witnessed a "bloody" scene in a 4th-floor hallway in the University Heights building.

On Thursday, two teenagers were shot nearby the South Bronx Center of the Police Athletic League, leaving one of them fighting for his life. Just before nine o'clock in the evening, they were leaving a sporting event—either a boxing match or a basketball game—on Longwood Avenue.

A popular New York City cop has sadly died, according to multiple reports. Sammy Lee was a detective for the New York City Police Department, or NYPD, when he recently died at the age of 38.

BRONX - An NYPD officer trying to get guns off the street was shot through the windshield of his unmarked police car in the Bronx this morning. Police arrested a teen suspect and two others are still at large.

The prominent lawyer who was detained for "criminal mischief" last year after fixing a car's vandalized license plate has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD, claiming the officers are withholding crucial evidence and, absent legal action, may even destroy it.

NYPD Police Car Pulling Someone Over in the Middle of Traffic in Queens, NYC

The suspect has been arrested for stabbing an NYPD officer in the neck. On Wednesday, around 8 pm, the former police officer, Nicholas Nelson, 37, got into an argument on Elizabeth Street. The discussion started when the suspect, a 26-year-old man, Eric Wilson, kicked the door of the victim’s car. At the time of the fight, Nicholas was with his children. He brought his kids back inside his Staten Island home, and the suspect kept shouting outside. Nicholas's grandmother tried to stop him, but he didn’t listen and went out. The fight between them continued, and the suspect stabbed the victim in the neck shortly after.

On Saturday afternoon, a man got punched by a stranger in Greenwich Village. Investigators believe it to be a disturbing assault pattern. He is now suffering from facial fractures.

I'm still paying to ride the bus. Go figure. Let’s start out with this: there have been people not paying the fare on New York City buses and subways since forever. This is not new.

A 28-year-old police officer, the father of two children, has committed suicide. The cop jumped from the terrace of a building. On Tuesday, after coming from an appointment with the department psychiatrist, around 12:30 pm, an NYPD officer Steven Hernandez, jumped from the roof of LeFrak City Apartments in Elmhurst, Queens. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The location is near the house of the NYPD Medical Division, according to the police, but it hasn’t been clear if officer Hernandez lived in the building or was just visiting the psychiatrist.

A neighbor shot a man in the Bronx, and the 911 agent who received the call was his wife. On Monday, Dillon St. Clair, a 39-year-old man, got shot in the chest over an argument with his upstairs neighbor. The argument was over the noise coming from their apartment. When someone called 911 to report the incident, the dispatcher who answered the call was the victim’s wife, Junita Reed St. Clair.

Four People were injured, one man got shot and pronounced dead, and another got fatally stabbed. On Saturday, around 2:15 am, a 35-year-old man got stabbed twice by three suspects at Broadway and West 43rd street. The NYPD informed that one of the suspects was wearing a beige hat, the other had dreadlocks, and the last one was wearing a white jacket. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was admitted to Bellevue hospital. No arrests have been made.

On Wednesday, a dead body of a 60-year-old woman was found in her Brooklyn Apartment while her boyfriend barricaded himself. The police discovered the incident when an officer went to Karen Barnes's apartment for a wellness check on Jan 4th, around 8 pm.

The NYPD has suspended an officer after reviewing a video that appeared to show him hitting a young girl while attempting to restrain her sibling during a street brawl in Staten Island.