An Illinois sheriff’s deputy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a woman inside her home, a death that led to protests about justice for the Black victim.
Sonya Massey was killed after Sangamon County deputies responded to her 911 call early on July 6, State’s Attorney John Milhiser said.
A statement from Milhiser doesn’t describe the circumstances that preceded the shooting at Massey’s home in Springfield, 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of Chicago. But he said a review of body-camera video doesn’t support the use of deadly force.
Deputy Sean Grayson was indicted on charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct, Milhiser said Wednesday.
Ben Crump, an attorney for Massey’s family, said the 36-year-old woman had called police about a suspected intruder in her home. He said she was unarmed and shot in the face.
You can’t blame that on the cop. How was he to know that the only black person on site wasn’t the criminal?
/s
And as we all know, existing while black is perfect justification for execution without trial. /s
She called them for help, was unarmed and they shot her in the face. Excuse me what the fuck.
They’ve been murdering us for centuries. You’re outraged about this one. What the fuck, indeed.
Please do better, friend. Remember that you’re wearing our badge (.ml).
Also, nice username.
Get over yourself, no need to be so smug.
Well, I’m sorta tired of being murdered, moderates faking outrage, then they rationalize trying to remove the best tool I’ve got to defend my family from those murdering me.
I’m sure you can understand why I’ll respond to your shallow judgement of smugness with a curt, Go fuck yourself, moderate. I’ll set the timetable for my freedom. You can take credit as always once we do all the work.
trying to remove the best tool I’ve got
You know what? They told me they were coming for my guns 30 years ago and I ain’t seen a dadgum one of em try…YET
No FRT? No bump stock?
Most didn’t buy these or couldn’t. But, that’s all it takes to get the feds at your door asking questions.
Well, I’m sorta tired of being murdered
You can take credit as always once we do all the work.
How many of “you” are there?
I’d guesstimate about a 100 million in the US today. Maybe 500k are committed. Change happens around 15-30 million committed. It’s been 60 years since we’ve seen it last.
The part about cops and citizens is fine and valid.
It’s the “ml” stuff as if that’s some sort of pedigreed club. It’s not.
( You aren’t even logged in on that instance, by my vision on voyager app)
If someone decides to wear a badge of a Marxist-Lenninist then I’ll hold them to a higher standard. It’s been our way for at least a century. It still serves its purpose well.
The ONLY Reason this cop is getting Charged for LITERALLY SHOOTING AN UNARMED WOMAN IN THE FACE is because of the Woke Agenda!
-Pro Life Republicans!
This pig must have done something indescribable if they charged him before the body cam went public.
Think about it, you’d have to have a police official, a prosecutor, and a union guy all agree that they cant’ defend what this pig did.
He shot a woman for no good reason. That’s enough. People care more when bad things happen to women.
It’s why black folks being a larger share of people shot by police than their share of population is definitely racist but no one bats an eye at more than 95% of folks shot by police being men.
I think you’re right. They must see this as something indefensible and seek to separate themselves as quickly as possible. Or, maybe we’re actually seeing a shift in the culture of policing and they’re less likely to defend at all costs. I would much prefer that to be the real reason, though I won’t get my hopes up.
Prosecutors said Grayson discouraged the other deputy from getting a medical kit from their vehicle.
Releasing that detail does not bode well for what’s on the recordings.
It’s worse than a lot of people are imagining. They were responding to her call about someone that was lurking around her house/neighborhood. The police arrived when she was making dinner and she wasn’t in the kitchen. She stood and talked to the two officers with a calm demeanor then they allowed her to/told her to move the pot off the stove to reduce a fire risk. Then the officer charged in her murder shot her from a considerable distance after telling her he was going to shoot her in the face if she didn’t put the pot down.
When the other officer said he was going to retrieve the first aid kit, the demented POS that shot her in the face told him not to bother due to the extent of her injuries. Fortunately he went and got it anyway because it seems that he’s at least somewhat competent at his job. He also was the only one of the two to have his body cam footage rolling during the whole interaction. The officer charged didn’t attempt to turn his cam on until after he fired his weapon.
There’s protests scheduled to be taking place today and the vocal minority in and around town are screaming about how there’s going to be riot violence and looting of businesses downtown.
I somehow just knew she was going to be black. For many minorities fascism is already here.
