Inmate families, activists call for justice, reform at 201 Poplar
“You don’t get to be judge, jury and executioner,” attorney Ben Crump, right, said Tuesday, March 5, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. He and Rev. Al Sharpton, left, prayde before a funeral service for Ramon McGhee, an inmate who died at Shelby County Jail. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Ben Crump, Rev. Al Sharpton and families of inmates who died in Shelby County Jail attend the funeral of Ramon McGhee, who was at least the 48th inmate to die at the jail since Jan. 1, 2019.
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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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