"Tragic Beyond Proportions": Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey's Killing and Police Cover-Up
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#6PEVW)
The family of Sonya Massey is demanding justice after they say authorities tried to cover up her fatal shooting by a sheriff's deputy in Springfield, Illinois, by initially claiming it was self-inflicted." Police body-camera footage showed this was a lie. The 36-year-old mother of two was shot dead in her own home on July 6 after she called 911 for help. This is the worst police shooting video that I've seen. It is so senseless," says Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney representing the family. [Massey] needed a helping hand. She did not need a bullet to the face."