MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A murder suspect who’s been held at the Shelby County jail for two years says he was beaten by some of the officers charged in the death of inmate Gershun Freeman. Corey Lurry filed a federal complaint claiming he suffered a “vicious attack” last year. Lurry says officers kicked him in the […]
An inmate at the Shelby County Jail claims that two jailers charged with aggravated assault in the death of Gershun Freeman were part of another group that beat him inside the jail at 201 Poplar just eight days before.
Six corrections deputies pleaded not guilty Friday to charges ranging from murder to aggravated assault in the beating and death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode