Justice for Sonya Massey
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Published 2024-07-29
The report was released shortly before civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Massey’s family, denounced the killing by ex-sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson as senseless, unnecessary and excessive. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon had previously disclosed initial findings on Massey's July 6 death in Springfield and the full autopsy report released Friday confirmed those conclusions, including that her death was a homicide.
In addition to the bullet striking her just beneath her left eye, Massey had “minor blunt force injuries” to her right leg, the autopsy said.
Grayson, who is white, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct charges in Massey’s killing. He was fired last week by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office and has been jailed without bond.
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All Comments (21)
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Just imagine how many people have lost their lives behind racial police brutality 😢😢
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Another example of judging the person behind the badge and not the badge itself
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You might ask: How did this guy get hired as a cop? Then ask yourself, how did it happen 6 times? What kind of garbage are these departments hiring to Protect and Serve our communities?
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How that f the police hired this mentaly unstable guy only to be desonorable discharged from the army ? What ever hired this murder need to be changed too
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Police who belong in prison.
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Take a paranoid add a guy with a dishonorable discharge record and you get this sad mess. Blame the actors. The system is a mess too. She never needed the police and they didn't need her either. Trouble follows troubled people. These were the perfect circumstances for more trouble. Murphy had a field day here!!
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He wasn’t nothing but a thug wit a badge
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This guy is a ticking time boom.... never should have been hired with a military conduct issue.
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This will never end, take a sreen shot,whitin 2 years, this wil happen again, and yall will come together again and sing and walk after that go on with your life till it happens again, and come back together and sing and cry and sing and cry, that's why it wil never end
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I'm confused how come all of these same people don't put on the same showing when young black men shoot and delete other young black man it happens every day in this country many times over however a terrible thing like this very rare occasion and all the crying protesting bells and whistles come out screaming protect our sisters and brothers it just doesn't make sense can you make it make sense
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It’s terrible what happened it’s 2024. This garbage is still happening.
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This is not black and white. This is a fight between good and evil. Praying for her family. So sorry
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What was the army misconduct I wonder?
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How the hell does a guy with his record get hired as a cop and given a gun! HOW!! She called for help.
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Are we just going to ignore his Giggle when he said it was 'a headshot'?
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Police departments that don't vet their police before hiring them needs to be overhauled and new leadership appointed. Enough of hiring anybody off the street. There should also be at least 2 years of training.
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This police officer had a demon in his life I bet he was already going through stuff in his life
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She didn't need to die but also the flatfoot is over charged.
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😢😢😢
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I feel sad for this families loss. But when you have been treated the way the police have in the past few years. You're going to get untrained, inexperienced officers cause the experience has quit. To be honest, I'm surprised we have any officers left.
