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Omoawoke(m): 4:59am On Jul 23, 2024
This is the worst ever police brutality I’ve ever come across.
The woman”Sonya Massey” was killed by a cop Sean Grayson. The black woman was totally defenseless, armless and she was the one that even called 911 that there was an intruder in her house. The cop got to her house and they were even making jokes, next she went to grab her pot of boiling water and the white policeman opened fire and shot her dead on the head.

This is crazy,

Police release the body cam video and it’s just beyond words the unprovoked killing.
The woman simply said “I rebuked you in the name of Jesus” next the killer policeman brought out his gun and shot her in the face

Warning: it’s a disturbing video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YihgP3zPFog



A longer version of the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFun2GydGyU

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


Authorities have released shocking video that shows a white police officer in Illinois shooting a Black woman – who called police in fear of a home intruder – in the face, killing her.

Sonya Massey, 36, was killed early on the morning of 6 July by deputy Sean Grayson of the Sangamon county sheriff’s office in her home in Springfield, the Illinois state capitol.

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.”

The footage, shown here, may be distressing to some viewers.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/22/sonya-massey-illinois-shooting-video

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raskymonojendor: 5:32am On Jul 23, 2024
And Trump is not even in yet.

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Omoawoke(m): 5:47am On Jul 23, 2024
raskymonojendor:
And Trump is not even in yet.

That is deadly. This guys are those white supremacy bastards

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NSNO(m): 9:15am On Jul 23, 2024
Later, privileged whites will say there is no racism in America. undecided

She called 911 for help BY HERSELF.
She was unarmed yet the cop killed her.

He will probably defend himself by saying he felt threatened.

One day, all these see-finish go end last last.

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OmotolaDiego(m): 9:44am On Jul 23, 2024
Black lives matters

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Offpoint1: 9:45am On Jul 23, 2024
Funny thing is... the white cop may likely not go to jail or worse 5 years in jail... That's how fxckrd up America justice system is on murder case.

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FalseProphet1(m): 9:45am On Jul 23, 2024
I see that white Cop dying in prison at the hands of black inmates.

This I have seen.

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Promismike(m): 9:47am On Jul 23, 2024
Wickedness everywhere.

There is no difference between racism and tribalism. Just the colour. The two are the same.

This truth needs to be told so Africans won't cry wolves when a black is killed by a white while we hate and kill our fellow black people cos they are not from our tribe.

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azpekuliar: 9:47am On Jul 23, 2024
Headshot.
wman(m): 9:47am On Jul 23, 2024
Your title should read "harmless" and not "armless."

This was the cop's fifth or sixth police station that he was moved to. That's a big red flag on its own.

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Negroid001(m): 9:48am On Jul 23, 2024
Lol. I still don't understand the logic behind killing an innocent woman.
All of una wey wan japa, una dey see?

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Obakoolex(m): 9:48am On Jul 23, 2024
Op should try not to be biased in his write up, even lied about the 3 shots!

The woman acted so weird and that made the officer to act than to be sorry he didn't.
If the woman was white, the same scenario would play the same.

The woman was saying "in Jesus name" in the manner of "Allah uh Akbar" and acting so unstable not to even her last name, how would the officer know she was sick.

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mykymyk101: 9:48am On Jul 23, 2024
Crazy world.
Squirrel1(m): 9:48am On Jul 23, 2024
Waiting for righteousnss to come and praise the white man. Dude is a clown

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Eriokanmi: 9:49am On Jul 23, 2024
And trump neva enter,.mtcheew.

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MasterJayJay: 9:49am On Jul 23, 2024
Body cam, used by saner climes to catch foolish police men.

If 9ja police use body cam for 1 week, hundreds of thousands of police will be sacked and detained in one week.

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cococandy(f): 9:49am On Jul 23, 2024
raskymonojendor:
And Trump is not even in yet.

He promised them 100% immunity to do whatever they want when he’s in office



under a second Trump istration is a “shorthand message promising repression of the Black community.”
Specifically, Trump’s law enforcement policies call for further protections for abusive police, including condoning the use of force against protesters, which he once described as a “beautiful thing to watch.” This rhetoric risks encouraging state actors to take a similarly brutal approach.


https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/trump-promises-to-militarize-police-reincarcerate-thousands-and-expand-death-penalty

Knowing very well they target black and minority communities the most. Some of them don’t truly do what’s in their mind because of legal ramifications

Trump says if he is in office, they’ll never be held able again and you know the dog whistle behind that statement

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elfico(m): 9:49am On Jul 23, 2024
She raised her hands, dropped the kettle, went down, and still got shot.

She was checking her kettle and he had his hands on his gun.

When some people tell African Americans to move on from all the years of oppression, this is why they don't.
The racial discrimination never stopped it just became state (police) sanctioned.

You know a country is a jungle when the first action of the police is to use their guns. Same as their counterparts in Nigeria.

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iLoveYouToo(m): 9:50am On Jul 23, 2024
I felt so much frustration and pain after watching it. She was even at a good distance, absolutely zero harm would've come their way. What happened to tasers?


I heard him say something like the 'bitch' is/was crazy. What kinda cop says that?



It's just crazy, two lives lost

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Afamed: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2024
Saner clime in the mud

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shoodboi2: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2024
That right there is freedom and democracy.

If a wolf is suddenly fighting for the rights of the sheep, you should be afraid.

If the people who murdered hundreds of millions during slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism are the same ones fighting for human rights, you should be very afraid.

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DiskJokeyManic: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2024
Cc
dandadee: 9:50am On Jul 23, 2024
The name of Jesus activated the legion of demons within him.
There's no other explanation.!

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Waywardson6: 9:51am On Jul 23, 2024
OP stop being bias with your news writing. When a police is on scene, one is authorized to raise their hands or stand still without holding anything. She carrying a pot of hot boiling water can definitely be perceived as a weapon & attempt to attack the officer with it. He saw her as a threat, plus she told him: "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus." Definitely, she sounded unstable & a threat to him. Fact, racism is real, but at the same time, doing what is right at the right time is also very important.

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illicit(m): 9:51am On Jul 23, 2024
Unarmed differs to armless

Pls correct your topic
Mitsurugi(m): 9:51am On Jul 23, 2024
angry
chicfarmer: 9:52am On Jul 23, 2024
See the tattoo death's head on the arm of a supposed cop undecided

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LandMann: 9:52am On Jul 23, 2024
D

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mbahdi(m): 9:52am On Jul 23, 2024
Rip to her
chrisblack1234: 9:53am On Jul 23, 2024
White hates black no matter what..they just think they are the god in this world..no more black live matters Cos they will still sweep it under the carpet..just imagine killing someone who never planned to die.. and you are still alive..

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