Gershun Freeman’s family suing county for $100 million
“We want to send a message that we can’t be bought off. This case will be tried. This stuff needs to come to light,” said attorney Jake Brown, who is representing the family of Gershun Freeman in a wrongful death suit. (Aarron Fleming/The Daily Memphian file)
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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Gershun Freeman Shelby County Jail U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. Jake BrownAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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