Sheriff Bonner asks to be dismissed from Gershun Freeman civil suit
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. has asked to be dismissed from the Gershun Freeman civil suit. (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian file)
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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Floyd Bonner Jr Gershun Freeman Shelby County JailAarron 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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