Sheriff calls display of electric shields during protest ‘regrettable mistake’
A line of Shelby County Sheriff's deputies hold tazer shields behind a deputy who was redirecting people outside of the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center during a Sept. 24, 2020 protest for Breonna Taylor. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner says the jail’s Direct Response Team made a “regrettable mistake” by displaying e-shields, which can deliver an electric shock, during recent protests outside 201 Poplar.
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Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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