RobDownSouth
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The Backstory:
A skittish, paranoid 36 year old Black woman (race is important here) called 911 because there was a prowler on the premise. Sheriff's patrol deputies arrived almost immediately, two deputies entered her house, found the terrified lady holding a flowerpot full of water as a weapon over her head defensively. Deputy Sean Grayson drew his pistol and yelled at her to put the flower pot down and keep her hands where he could see them.
She complied immediately, apologizing as she put the flowerpot down, and Grayson, who is White, goes full-Kyle-Rittenhouse and fires three rounds, one round right between the lady's eyes, killing her immediately. The other deputy (race unknown) loses his composure and screams "WTF did you do THAT for? I'm going to get the medical kit!" Grayson says something to the effect "Nah, don't bother, she's dead".
All of this is on both deputies body cameras.
The press gets ahold of the story and asks to see the body cam footage. Not gonna happen sez the Sheriff. It would make the public angry towards the police and upset her relatives. (Gee, ya think?)
The dead lady's parents contact the lawyer who represented Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, Ben Crump, and get access to the body camera footage. They are horrified. The family announced Friday that it will release the footage to the general public on Monday at 10 a.m.
The sheriff throws the murderous deputy under the bus, says thats not how we do things around here.
Local prosecutor reviews footage and brings FIRST DEGREE MURDER charges against Deputy Grayson. Grayson was arraigned in court this past week and asks for bond because, y'know, it's not safe for an officer of the law to be held in jail.
Bond? Judge essentially says "no way in hell, this is first degree murder".
Hope the governor of Illinois calls out the National Guard. I suspect it's going to be very very ugly in Springfield Illinois on Monday.
The Backstory:
A skittish, paranoid 36 year old Black woman (race is important here) called 911 because there was a prowler on the premise. Sheriff's patrol deputies arrived almost immediately, two deputies entered her house, found the terrified lady holding a flowerpot full of water as a weapon over her head defensively. Deputy Sean Grayson drew his pistol and yelled at her to put the flower pot down and keep her hands where he could see them.
She complied immediately, apologizing as she put the flowerpot down, and Grayson, who is White, goes full-Kyle-Rittenhouse and fires three rounds, one round right between the lady's eyes, killing her immediately. The other deputy (race unknown) loses his composure and screams "WTF did you do THAT for? I'm going to get the medical kit!" Grayson says something to the effect "Nah, don't bother, she's dead".
All of this is on both deputies body cameras.
The press gets ahold of the story and asks to see the body cam footage. Not gonna happen sez the Sheriff. It would make the public angry towards the police and upset her relatives. (Gee, ya think?)
The dead lady's parents contact the lawyer who represented Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, Ben Crump, and get access to the body camera footage. They are horrified. The family announced Friday that it will release the footage to the general public on Monday at 10 a.m.
The sheriff throws the murderous deputy under the bus, says thats not how we do things around here.
Local prosecutor reviews footage and brings FIRST DEGREE MURDER charges against Deputy Grayson. Grayson was arraigned in court this past week and asks for bond because, y'know, it's not safe for an officer of the law to be held in jail.
Bond? Judge essentially says "no way in hell, this is first degree murder".
Hope the governor of Illinois calls out the National Guard. I suspect it's going to be very very ugly in Springfield Illinois on Monday.
Sangamon County deputy indicted for murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey denied bail
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