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FOX13 has confirmed several employees of Shelby County will face criminal charges in the death of Gershun Freeman, who died in custody at 201 Poplar in October of last year.
Nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation, a sheriff said Wednesday. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who oversees the jail where 33-year-old Gershun Freeman was beaten, disclosed the existence of the indictments during a news conference Wednesday but declined to offer more details, including the names of the county jail deputies and the charges they face. The Associated Press was unable to obtain the indictments late Wednesday.