Trial pushed for jail deputies charged in inmate death
The trial for two of the corrections deputies charged in the 2022 death of Gershun Freeman at the Shelby County Jail has been delayed seven months.
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March 2025
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December 2024
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Trial date moved for civil case in inmate’s death
The trial date for the federal civil lawsuit about the death of Gershun Freeman has been delayed.
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July 2024
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City Council attorney subpoenaed in Gershun Freeman civil case
Attorneys Jake Brown and Sara McKinney, who represent the widow of Gershun Freeman, have subpoenaed the law office of Allan Wade, who’s most widely known as being the Memphis City Council’s longtime private attorney.
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March 2024
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New videos show violent encounters in Shelby County Jail
The newly released footage shows other altercations between inmates at the Shelby County Jail and corrections officers.
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How The Daily Memphian obtained new jail video
After federal court clerks told The Daily Memphian it needed to file a formal motion for the footage, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press did so, requesting the video on behalf of the local news site in January.
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January 2024
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Lawsuit cites ‘derelict leadership’ in stabbing death of inmate
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the parents of Deion Byrd, a Shelby County Jail inmate who was assaulted while awaiting a court appearance at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center.
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Indicted corrections officer wants separate trial
Chelsey Duckett and her co-defendents have been indicted for alleged roles in the death of Gershun Freeman, who died in 2022 after an altercation with the officers at Shelby County Jail.
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Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice to mediate Freeman civil suit
The first woman to lead the state’s highest court will oversee negotiations between lawyers for Nicole Freeman and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., Chief Jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government.
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December 2023
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Shelby County Sheriff’s Office declines records request in Gershun Freeman case
The logs were requested to verify that nine officers indicted for Freeman’s death are no longer working at the jail, also known simply as 201 Poplar.
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Trial date set in Gershun Freeman civil case
The federal suit against Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., chief jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government about the death of Gershun Freeman is scheduled for trial March 24, 2025.
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Officers indicted in Freeman’s death allegedly beat other inmate days before
Corey Lurry, an inmate at Shelby County Jail, was allegedly beaten by corrections deputies in late September 2022, including three who were indicted for their alleged roles in the death of Gershun Freeman.
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November 2023
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Sheriff Bonner asks to be dismissed from Gershun Freeman civil suit
Bonner’s request follows previous ones from Shelby County Chief Jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government to do the same.
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County also wants out of Freeman civil suit
Shortly after the chief jailer filed to be dismissed from the $100 million lawsuit filed by the widow of Gershun Freeman who died last year at 201 Poplar, Shelby County also moved to be dismissed as a defendant.
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October 2023
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This Week in Memphis: Grizz home opener, Indie Memphis
Shelby County corrections officers charged in Gershun Freeman’s death make first court appearance, and the Memphis Tigers play their first exhibition game.
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Fifteen more cases of excessive force at 201 Poplar, records reveal
The new instances uncovered in public records bring to 46 the number of substantiated instances of excessive force involving officers at 201 Poplar.
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Corrections officers indicted in death of Gershun Freeman make first court appearance
The nine Shelby County corrections officers indicted for their alleged roles in the death of an inmate last year made their first court appearances Friday, Oct. 27.
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Gershun Freeman’s family suing county for $100 million
The suit’s amended complaint also alleges that some of the officers allegedly involved and indicted for their role in Freeman’s death are still working there, even as an ongoing criminal case plays out against them.
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Opinion: When it comes to Gershun Freeman, ‘this case is different’
“The jailers were attacked by a man having a psychotic break, defended themselves and subdued their attacker. What should they have done differently?”
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Excessive force: 30+ incidents in three years at 201 Poplar, records show
The 31 incidents occurred between June 2018 and September 2021, and they involved at least 27 correctional officers.
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Activists, family speak out against deaths in Shelby County Jail
“Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of Gershun Freeman’s death, but tomorrow also will mark new change in the city of Memphis,” said Kareem Ali, an investigator with civil rights attorney Ben Crump’s law firm.
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September 2023
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Political Roundup: Early voting is up, as heat rises in mayoral, council races
More than 31,000 Memphians had voted early through Tuesday, Sept. 26, passing the totals for the same period during 2015 and 2019 city elections.
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Timeline of the Gershun Freeman case
Here’s a look at major events surrounding the death of Gershun Freeman, from Oct. 25, 2022, to the present.
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Ben Crump says video of inmate’s death ‘tells us what we need to know’
“Thank God, because the grand jury, the citizens of Shelby County, saw the same video we saw and said that that is not right,” Attorney Ben Crump said, standing with family of Gershun Freeman, who was killed at Shelby County Jail.
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Two indicted in Freeman death were targets of prior civil rights lawsuit
The alleged victim, Elvis Hester, filed a grievance against Jones after Jones reportedly made threats of a sexual nature and refused to feed Hester.
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Nine indicted in jail death of Gershun Freeman
Gershun Freeman was involved in a fatal encounter with corrections officers in the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar Ave. on Oct. 5, 2022.
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Bonner claims Freeman video release was illegal and politically motivated
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