White deputy Sean Grayson shot Sonya Massey, who called police fearing 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.

  • sunzu@kbin.run
    231·
    3 months ago

    wtf… did my time line just switched? cop did a crime and it was taken seriously?

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
      25·
      3 months ago

      I noticed another comment that mentioned he had been working for a few departments over the years, so probably he just did too much finally. Mean don’t get me wrong I’m happy an officer is being charged for crimes committed but I’m guessing there’re reasons he has a longer work history and probably shouldn’t have been hired multiple times in the past. Again this was off a comment so maybe the information isn’t accurate but when it’s so easy to believe is a pretty bad situation of police officers in general.

      • Lupus@feddit.org
        22·
        3 months ago

        He had been hired by Sangamon county despite two charges of driving under the influence, the Springfield State Journal-Register reported, and had worked for other law enforcement agencies in Illinois for seven years before arriving in Springfield.

        From the linked article

      • sunzu@kbin.run
        61·
        3 months ago

        thanks for sharing, to my skeptical ass that makes way more sense, ie bosses knew what they need to do for CYA, no union gonna do shit about it.

        I guess it is still a small win, but a big L, this woman is dead. That is not good enough!