TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 22, 2023

Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk this week issued nine indictments against deputies of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the death of Gershun Freeman, the Commercial Appeal reports. Two of the officers were charged with aggravated assault and second-degree murder. Seven officers were charged with aggravated assault resulting in death. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who has questioned Funk’s investigation, criticized the indictments saying, “…no actions by any Shelby County Sheriff’s Office employee caused Mr. Freeman’s death." The Nashville DA's office was chosen by a panel of district attorneys to run the investigation after Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy recused himself from the case. Freeman was arrested in October 2022 after being accused of attacking, threatening and kidnapping his girlfriend. Memphis attorney Jake Brown and civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a wrongful death suit against the county in April.