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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

MVP #KamalaHarris, the likely Democratic presidential nom, on Tues condemned the killing of #SonyaMassey, an unarmed Black woman who was shot in her house by an #Illinois #police officer this month after she called 911 to report a prowler.
 In a statement, #Harris said Massey “deserved to be safe.” 
#BLM #SystemicRacism #PoliceViolence #Justice #VoteBlue #Harris2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/22/body-cam-deputy-charged-sonya-massey/

Bodycam video shows deputy fatally shoot woman who called 911 for help

Sean Grayson, an ex-sheriff’s deputy in Illinois, is charged with murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey as she held a pot of water in her kitchen during a call for help.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

On Monday, police released body-camera footage of fmr Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy #SeanGrayson & another officer inspecting the property around Massey’s house early on July 6, followed by 18 mins of a relatively normal interaction w/her. Then, within 10 seconds, the call turned deadly when Grayson pulled his weapon, ordered Massey to drop a pot of hot water & then fatally shot her in the face.

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

“After she called the police for help, she was tragically killed in her own home at the hands of a responding officer sworn to protect & serve,” MVP #KamalaHarris said in her statement.

#Harris said the “disturbing footage released yesterday confirms what we know from the lived experiences of so many — we have much work to do to ensure that our #justice system fully lives up to its name.”

#BLM #SystemicRacism #PoliceViolence #VoteBlue #Harris2024

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

“I join President #Biden in commending the swift action of the State’s Attorney’s Office & in calling on #Congress to pass the #GeorgeFloyd Justice in Policing Act, a bill that I coauthored in the #Senate,” MVP #KamalaHarris said. “In this moment, in honor of Sonya’s memory & the memory of so many more whose names we may never know, we must come together to achieve meaningful reforms that advance the safety of all communities.”

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

Around 12:50AM on July 6, Grayson & another deputy responded to #SonyaMassey’s 911 call about a prowler near her house, prosecutor Mary Rodgers wrote in a sworn affidavit. They arrived at her home & searched the area. Although they discovered what appeared to be a car that had been broken into, they did not find a prowler. They then knocked on Massey’s door, spoke w/her for a few minutes & went inside to make sure it was safe & to get more info, Rodgers said.
#BLM #SystemicRacism #PoliceViolence

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

As the 2 deputies walked toward the kitchen, Grayson noticed a pot on the stove & allowed #SonyaMassey to remove it to prevent an accidental fire, she added. Massey turned off the stove, carried the pot to her sink & turned on the faucet, the video shows.

“Where are you going?” she asked the other deputy as he backed up further into her living room.
 “Away from your hot, steaming water,” one of them said, according to the video.

#BLM #SystemicRacism #PoliceViolence #VoteBlue #Harris2024

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Nonilex Jul 23, 2024

Then, #SonyaMassey said, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.”
 “Huh?” one of the deputies responded. “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus,” she repeated.
 #SeanGrayson warned her not to. “I swear to God I’ll shoot you right in your … face,” he said, using an expletive.
 That’s when he drew his gun & pointed it at her, despite, as investigators would later note, having cover & being some distance away from her.

#BLM #SystemicRacism #PoliceViolence #VoteBlue #Harris2024