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Johnny Hurley

Case from Memphis, TN dated Oct 27, 2013

Victim Details

Johnny Hurley

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2013-10-27

2013-10-27

78

Johnny

Hurley

Yes

07/17/2026


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Johnny Hurley, 78, a Black man, was found badly beaten on the morning of October 27, 2013, in and around Glenview Park on South Barksdale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Police were dispatched to the park for an injured-person call and arrived to discover him on the ground, bleeding heavily from injuries to his head and face. He was rushed to Regional One Hospital in critical condition, beginning what became a long, uncertain stretch in which the beating’s damage lingered far beyond the first fr ...
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