Kamala Harris joins calls for police reforms after Sonya Massey killing

Vice-president says Black woman who was shot in her home by an Illinois sheriff's deputy deserved to be safe'

Kamala Harris added her voice on Tuesday to mounting calls for policing reforms following the killing of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was shot in her home by an Illinois sheriff's deputy earlier this month.

Sonya Massey deserved to be safe," the vice-president said in a statement Tuesday. After she called the police for help, she was tragically killed in her own home at the hands of a responding officer sworn to protect and serve."