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Illinois deputy charged with murder in fatal shooting of woman who called 911
abcnews.go ^ | 07/18/2024 | AP

Posted on 07/18/2024 10:44:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- An Illinois sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black woman shot her in the face during a tense moment over a pot of water in her home, authorities said Thursday.

The details were in a court document filed in support of keeping former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson in custody without bond.

Sonya Massey was killed at her home in Springfield, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of Chicago, after deputies responded to her 911 call early July 6, State’s Attorney John Milhiser said.

Prosecutors said Grayson “aggressively yelled” at Massey to put a pot down. They said she put her hands in the air and ducked for cover before she was shot in the face.

Prosecutors said Grayson discouraged the other deputy from getting a medical kit from their vehicle.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Local News; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 911; banglist; illinois; murder; police; shooting
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Cop is white. Woman is black...
1 posted on 07/18/2024 10:44:57 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cop is an idiot, woman is dead.


2 posted on 07/18/2024 10:48:00 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well...
Sounds like they “Proected and Served” the Sh*t out of her..


3 posted on 07/18/2024 10:49:19 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: Sequoyah101

That guy never should have been a cop. This shows a clear lack of adequate screening.


4 posted on 07/18/2024 10:49:45 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: ChicagoConservative27

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sorry, black and white should have nothing to do with this.

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5 posted on 07/18/2024 10:51:19 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Back the blue until it happens to you.


6 posted on 07/18/2024 10:58:08 AM PDT by gunnut
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To: ChicagoConservative27

102 counties in Illinois.

Lots of county sheriffs and lots of little fiefdoms.

County sheriff is more about politics than law enforcement as is everything in one of the most politically rotten states in the union.

Deputy was probably unqualified with little if any training.

Probably got the job as a political favor to somebody.

In Illinois there is little difference between Democrats and Republicans.

It saw two successive governors from so-called opposition parties briefly incarcerated at the SAME time.

In downstate Illinois candidates tend to run away from party affiliation.

Not unusual to see ads for candidates downstate that make no mention of affiliation.


7 posted on 07/18/2024 11:00:26 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is more to this story than they are telling us.


8 posted on 07/18/2024 11:02:03 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
It appears that way.

"I am enraged that another innocent Black woman had her life taken from her at the hands of a police officer," Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said following the indictment.

9 posted on 07/18/2024 11:03:46 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ChicagoConservative27
They said she put her hands in the air and ducked for cover

Did she put down the pot of water first?

Water in a pot is usually boiling water.


10 posted on 07/18/2024 11:05:33 AM PDT by Tommy Revolts (,,)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

ILLINOIS NEEDS ABOUT 500 clones of HANK VOIGHT


11 posted on 07/18/2024 11:09:45 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Sequoyah101

Depends if the video shows the pot was sat down *and* she had stepped far enough away from it. Was it boiling and was she threatening the cops? No matter the temperature, was she intent on bashing him with it? Anything can be a weapon. The article is lacking the details.


12 posted on 07/18/2024 11:11:26 AM PDT by bgill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Que the “peaceful protests” in 3, 2, 1


13 posted on 07/18/2024 11:12:14 AM PDT by oldernittany
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To: Karl Spooner

It appears that the woman called 911, when the cops arrived she got into some kind of confrontation and wound up getting shot. She may have threatened him with boiling water, or otherwise wound him up. He may have lost his temper, and overreacted. Cops cannot be allowed to do that.

There was another case recently, where some scamsters sent an uber driver to pick up money demanded in an extortion scam from the intended victim. The intended victim was an older white man. The black female uber driver was an innocent participant. The intended victim held her at gunpoint and shot her dead. She was not threatening him. The guy was just wrong. I don’t think the extortionist has been caught, but he/they are clearly guilty of felony murder. That doesn’t absolve the shooter.


14 posted on 07/18/2024 11:18:41 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Sequoyah101
Yep. And 200 miles south of Chicago is generally "normal". Very sad. Law enforcement attracts too many weirdos who watch too many cop TV shows.

15 posted on 07/18/2024 11:57:55 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Tommy Revolts

> Water in a pot is usually boiling water. <

Yes. And as others have noted, there could be much more to this story. But a pot of boiling water makes for a very short-range weapon.

So it seems like either the cop for some reason couldn’t quickly retreat, or he’s a murderer. One or the other.


16 posted on 07/18/2024 12:06:54 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
"Prosecutors said Grayson discouraged the other deputy from getting a medical kit from their vehicle."

Indicates consciousness of guilt.

We need more detail but looks like a bad, deadly shoot. Hence, the murder charge. Usually LEO's have the extra presumption.

17 posted on 07/18/2024 12:19:05 PM PDT by citizen (Put all LBQTwhatever programming on a new subscription service: PERV-TV)
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To: Sequoyah101

Never go to the doctor. Never call the police.


18 posted on 07/18/2024 12:25:55 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: bgill
Sort of hard to hold your hands in the air while holding a pot isn't it?

"They said she put her hands in the air and ducked for cover before she was shot in the face."

19 posted on 07/18/2024 12:47:02 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (More important than why there was nobody protecting the AGR roof, how did Crooks know that?)
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To: If You Want It Fixed - Fix It

Never go to the doctor. Never call the police.
= = =

Can we still go to the bathroom?


20 posted on 07/18/2024 1:35:38 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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