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The media may have misled you about Hickory Hill, Tyre Nichols’ neighborhood

by Jacob Steimer

It’d be understandable if a casual observer assumed Tyre Nichols was beaten to death on the streets of a violent, impoverished neighborhood.  After all, the Memphis Police Department’s Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods unit was created to reduce violent crime by focusing on “hot spots.”  But on Jan. 7, SCORPION officers […]