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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 17, 2023

A Shelby County inmate died after a “physical altercation” with correctional officers exacerbated his heart condition, according to the Commercial Appeal. The newly released autopsy report showed that Gershun Freeman, 33, died Oct. 5, 2022, at the jail after collapsing. He had contusions on his scalp, neck, forehead and lower and upper lip, and hemorrhaging in his head, neck and back. Freeman was arrested after being accused of attacking, threatening and kidnapping his girlfriend. The paper requested video of the altercation but the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office declined to release the footage saying the investigation is still active or open. Today, Freeman's family called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate his death. The Daily Memphian has more on that development.