Fight for police reform continues long after death of Elton Hayes
Memphis attorney Walter Bailey, seen here on July 26, speaks about the case of eight Memphis Polices officers and Shelby County Deputies that beat to death 17-year-old Elton Hayes in a ditch on Oct. 15, 1971. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The fight for reform continues today, a half-century after Elton Hayes was beaten to death.
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Yolanda Jones
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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