Trial Date Set in Gershun Freeman Civil Case - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 27, 2023

A trial date of March 24, 2025, has been set in a civil wrongful death lawsuit filed by the widow of an inmate who died at the Shelby County Jail last year, Daily Memphian reports. The federal suit alleges that Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., chief jailer Kirk Fields and the Shelby County government were complicit in the deadly beating of Gershun Freeman and seeks $100 million in damages. Freeman died at the jail Oct. 5, 2022, after being beaten by corrections officers. Nine of the officers are facing criminal charges for their alleged roles in his death.