![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/retired-cop-mark-lesure-who-spoke-out-against-killing-of-black-man-by-police-found-dead/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_MarkLesure-960x960-1.jpg&description=57-year-old retired Memphis homicide detective Mark LeSure was found dead outside of his home. He had been outspoken against Memphis police following the death of Tyre Nichols A retired detective who spoke out against the killing of Tyre Nichols by police has been found dead. Police were called at 8am on Sunday, July 9, to reports of a man shot. They arrived at the scene in Southwest Memphis where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members have identified the man as Mark LeSure, 57. His aunt, Rose LeSure-Jones, told WREG: "He was in the driveway when we got here lying face down. "Whatever it was he didn't deserve this, he really didn't he was a good guy. One of the good guys really." Mr LeSure served for 10 years in the US Army as a military police officer, going on to join the Memphis Police Department in 1992. He retired in 2021, going back to school to earn his master's degree from LeMoyne-Owen College. He was known for speaking out against the killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis Police officers, and against the force itself. Nichols, 29, was fatally injured after being beaten by Memphis police officers in January 2023 during a traffic stop, dying three days later. In January, Mr LeSure spoke to NBC News, telling the outlet that the department didn't have enough senior staff to train the new officers. He also told the New York Times that cuts had forced many of the department's longest-serving officers to retire. He told NBC: "Rookies were getting put on specialised units where they had no business being." Mr LeSure was also known as a mentor in the local community. Neighbour and friend Randie Fleming said: "He had outreach ministries to young people in the community, a few blocks away. Westwood community center and now they just lost a mentor. "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." When the city of Memphis dedicated a street to former middle sch){kind=link}
57-year-old retired Memphis homicide detective Mark LeSure was found dead outside of his home. He had been outspoken against Memphis police following the death of Tyre Nichols
A retired detective who spoke out against the killing of Tyre Nichols by police has been found dead.
Police were called at 8am on Sunday, July 9, to reports of a man shot. They arrived at the scene in Southwest Memphis where the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Family members have identified the man as Mark LeSure, 57. His aunt, Rose LeSure-Jones, told WREG: “He was in the driveway when we got here lying face down.
“Whatever it was he didn’t deserve this, he really didn’t he was a good guy. One of the good guys really.”