The retired Memphis police officer who criticized police after they beat Tyre Nichols to death, has now died. Mark LeSure’s family members said they found him dead on his driveway on Sunday.
“He was in the driveway when we got here, lying face down,” LeSure’s aunt, Rose LeSure-Jones, told WREG-TV. “Whatever it was he didn’t deserve this. He really didn’t. He was a good guy. One of the good guys, really.”
According to WREG, a woman named Shuntae Daniels is accused of stealing from LeSure after he collapsed on the driveway. The court documents reveal that Daniels first asked LeSure for gas money when she saw him outside of his home. Daniels told police that he went inside the house to bring the money for her, then collapsed when he came outside.
According to police, Daniels admitted that she went into the home after LeSure collapsed and stole from him, taking his phone and wallet. She also said she went through his pockets outside. Additionally, Daniels admitted to using Lesure’s phone to send $1,500 to herself, police said.
She was also heard on Surveillance video as she said, “We are going to see who knows the law.” Daniels is now facing charges of aggravated burglary, theft of property and identity theft.
LeSure, who joined the Memphis Police Department in 1992, retired recently and returned to school to obtain his master’s degree. The 57-year-old had also served in the U.S.
Army, spending ten years as a military police officer. Friends and family say he is remembered for his dedication to the community.
“He had outreach ministries to young people in the community, a few blocks away. Westwood community center and now they just lost a mentor,” LeSure’s friend Randie Fleming told WREG. “It’s one thing you hear gang members shooting and killing each other dying, but someone who is an upstanding guy, he served his community.”
Source: Retired Officer Who Criticized Memphis For Tyre Nichols Found Dead Outside His Home
