In just 2 years (2019-2021), at least 178 people who called 911 were killed by the responding cops, according to WaPo. The killing of Sonya Massey, a 36 yr old Black woman, is the latest horror demonstrating why police are the antithesis to safety. Policing must be dismantled. pic.twitter.com/pwrGAZwlSe
— Critical Resistance (@C_Resistance) July 23, 2024
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Sonya Massey deserved to be safe.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) July 23, 2024
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.
President Biden and I call on Congress to pass the…
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Sonya Massey ducked for cover only seconds before an Illinois sheriff’s deputy fatally shot her three times in her home, as seen in body camera video released Monday. pic.twitter.com/sKDRw7jkSH
— The Emancipator (@the_emancipator) July 23, 2024
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The police video of Sonya Massey’s murder is one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 23, 2024
She called 911 for help. Police arrived. She let them in. And they killed her.
We must end qualified immunity. My deepest love & condolences to the Massey family.😓 pic.twitter.com/XIc440wTYl
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Sonya Massey should be alive today. pic.twitter.com/gMMOhpWOeW
— Derenic Byrd (@DerenicByrd) July 23, 2024
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Sonya Massey was somebody. She was treated like nothing by the officers who shot her after she called them for help.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 23, 2024
Sonya should still be alive today.
We say ‘Black lives matter’ because it’s clear that to many, our lives don’t matter.
Sonya mattered. We matter. pic.twitter.com/0YBYaBrvGe
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Sean Grayson, now charged with murder in the killing of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the Army for serious misconduct — and still hired at six police departments in Central Illinois https://t.co/P5Lqkz2k53
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 24, 2024