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Body-cam video shows Illinois officer fatally shooting Black woman in face
White deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey, who called police in fear of a home intruder, after boiling water dispute
Massey, whom her daughter confirmed was paranoid-schizophrenic, had called police because she thought someone was trying to break into her home. When police arrived, they began looking into Massey’s home with flashlights, a neighbor, Cheryl Evans, told the Guardian. Evans wondered why police had not knocked on her door, as they typically have done in the past when searching for suspects. Eventually, Grayson, who is white, and his partner entered the home where they began speaking to Massey. After an initial discussion and request for Massey’s driver’s license,Grayson spotted a pot of boiling water on the stove and ordered Massey to remove it to avoid starting a fire. In doing so, Massey asks the officers – who visibly distance themselves from her as she goes to handle the pot – why they moved away from her. “Where you going?” she asks them. “Away from your hot steaming water,” Grayson answers, with a laugh, before Massey responds: “Away from the hot steaming water? Oh, I’ll rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” With his gun drawn, Grayson closed the distance between himself and Massey, who was beginning to kneel behind a counter with her hands up. “You better fucking not, I swear to God I’ll fucking shoot you right in your fucking face,” Grayson warned. Massey can be heard saying, “I’m sorry,” as Grayson continues to advance. “I’m sorry,” she says again as Grayson fires three shots, striking her with a bullet below the eye that exited from the back of her neck. As Massey lay dying on her kitchen floor, Grayson says he’ll go get his medical kit to render aid. “That’s a headshot. She’s done,” Grayson says before going to get the med kit. As the pair stand there with their guns still drawn, Grayson says: “I’m not taking a bullet out of her fucking head,” then points out that the water from the pot had reached his feet. “What else can we do?” Grayson asks his partner. “I’m not taking hot boiling water to the fucking face.”
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Massey’s death carries on a troubling legacy of racial violence in Springfield: Massey’s family said she is a descendant of William Donnegan, a Black man who was lynched by a white mob but survived during the city’s infamous 1908 race riots that took 17 Black lives over a two-day period in mid-August of that year. As a result of the violence and carnage, a group of white and Black Americans banded together to create the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Massey’s family said that the irony of having to reach out to the NAACP for help after her killing is not lost on them.
Sonya Massey
I’m going to be discussing the Sonya Massey Situation. If you didn’t know Sonya was a 36 year old mother of two who called 911 on the night of July 6th because she believed there was an intruder outside her home. When 2 officers police arrived Sonya let them in where she was near her stove boiling a pot of water. One of the officers told Sonya to back “away from your hot, steaming water,” to which she replied “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” and he then continued by saying “You better fucking not, or I swear to God, I’ll fucking shoot you in the fucking face,” BECAUSE OF A POT OF BOILING WATER. She then says “I’m sorry” while lifting the pot he then proceeds to shoot her in the head one of those was according to him a “head shot”. He then continues to tell officers arriving at the scene she came at him with boiling water. Which if you want to watch the video I believe it’s on YouTube but WARNING ⚠️ you can see her being k!ll*d in the video and watch at your own risk. I couldn’t stomach it so I didn’t watch it. And once the officer (whose name is Grayson I think it’s his last name not sure) says “ This fucking bitch is crazy” after you killed her for no reason she’s the crazy one. Anyone who says this wasn’t about race is wrong and it’s so disrespectful and disgusting how he spoke about her and did to her. We need justice immediately. It’s honestly so gross that racist cops are still around. People with that racist narrative need there badges redacted. The officer who sat there and did nothing as well is just as responsible and needs to be held accountable as well. We need JUSTICE FOR SONYA🪦🕊️
