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Two jailers indicted in connection to inmate assault

By , Daily Memphian Updated: November 14, 2023 8:25 PM CT | Published: November 14, 2023 3:55 PM CT
<div class="c-scrollbar__hider" role="presentation" data-qa="slack_kit_scrollbar"><div class="c-scrollbar__child" role="presentation"><div class="c-virtual_list__scroll_container" role="list" data-qa="slack_kit_list" aria-label="Julia Baker (direct message, away)"><div id="1699998071.773409" class="c-virtual_list__item" tabindex="0" role="listitem" aria-setsize="-1" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1699998071.773409"><div class="c-message_kit__background c-message_kit__background--hovered p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message p-message_pane_message__message--last" role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false"><div class="c-message_kit__hover c-message_kit__hover--hovered" role="document" aria-roledescription="message" data-qa-hover="true"><div class="c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--above"><div class="c-message_kit__gutter"><div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" role="presentation" data-qa="message_content"><div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text"><div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text"><div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer"><div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first"><div class="p-rich_text_block" dir="auto"><div class="p-rich_text_section"><strong>Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy &mdash; flanked by Shelby County Deputy District Attorney Paul Hagerman, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner and Shelby County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner &mdash; announces the indictments against two jailers accused in the May assault of a Shelby County Jail inmate.</strong> (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner announced the indictments, and the sheriff said there are “a lot of differences” between this case and the officers indicted in the death of Gershun Freeman. 

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Julia Baker

Julia Baker

Julia Baker covers Memphis and Shelby County’s law enforcement agencies and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. A lifelong Memphian, Julia 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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