No criminal charges for officers in Jaylin McKenzie case
Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy announced that the officers involved in Jaylin McKenzie’s death will not receive criminal charges. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
“For our office to bring criminal charges, we must be confident that we can prove an actual violation of a criminal statute beyond a reasonable doubt,” Mulroy said. “We don’t have sufficient evidence to do that here.”
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A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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