Opinion: When it comes to Gershun Freeman, ‘this case is different’
Jailers deserve due process, and the public deserves answers
The Shelby County Justice Center is located at 201 Poplar Ave. (The Daily Memphian file)
Jack Irvine
A lifelong Memphian, attorney Jack Irvine with Moskovitz, McGhee, Brown, Cohen & Moore practices law in the areas of criminal defense and civil litigation at both the state and federal level.
Gray Bartlett
Attorney Gray Bartlett with Moskovitz, McGhee, Brown, Cohen & Moore focuses his practice entirely on criminal defense, asset forfeiture and federal criminal law matters.
“The jailers were attacked by a man having a psychotic break, defended themselves and subdued their attacker. What should they have done differently?”
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