This pig must have done something indescribable if they charged him before the body cam went public.
Think about it, you'd have to have a police official, a prosecutor, and a union guy all agree that they cant' defend what this pig did.
I think you’re right. They must see this as something indefensible and seek to separate themselves as quickly as possible. Or, maybe we’re actually seeing a shift in the culture of policing and they’re less likely to defend at all costs. I would much prefer that to be the real reason, though I won’t get my hopes up.
Prosecutors said Grayson discouraged the other deputy from getting a medical kit from their vehicle.
Releasing that detail does not bode well for what’s on the recordings.
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.
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.
And then right after that is the part about the medical kit. So you kill someone who asked for help because they were holding a pot of water.
Seems like the idiot forgot about body cams and wanted no witness testimony. He didnt want her surviving, he wanted her silent.
“Don’t bother with the kit, help me collect her brains off the wall here.”
It's worse than a lot of people are imagining. They were responding to her call about someone that was lurking around her house/neighborhood. The police arrived when she was making dinner and she wasn't in the kitchen. She stood and talked to the two officers with a calm demeanor then they allowed her to/told her to move the pot off the stove to reduce a fire risk. Then the officer charged in her murder shot her from a considerable distance after telling her he was going to shoot her in the face if she didn't put the pot down.
When the other officer said he was going to retrieve the first aid kit, the demented POS that shot her in the face told him not to bother due to the extent of her injuries. Fortunately he went and got it anyway because it seems that he's at least somewhat competent at his job. He also was the only one of the two to have his body cam footage rolling during the whole interaction. The officer charged didn't attempt to turn his cam on until after he fired his weapon.
There's protests scheduled to be taking place today and the vocal minority in and around town are screaming about how there's going to be riot violence and looting of businesses downtown.
I've become so cynical that I fear for the 2nd officers life for not having the other guy's back. Hope there are no training accidents.
Exactly, they don't give up theirs unless it can take down more.
He shot a woman for no good reason. That's enough. People care more when bad things happen to women.
It's why black folks being a larger share of people shot by police than their share of population is definitely racist but no one bats an eye at more than 95% of folks shot by police being men.
First degree murder too, which maybe is overcharged to avoid conviction, but that's still one he'll of a charge.
They can convict on 2nd degree murder in Illinois. It's the same basic points to find them guilty but they can consider mitigating factors to lower it from 1 to 2.
She called them for help, was unarmed and they shot her in the face. Excuse me what the fuck.
Forget about defund, cops need to be disarmed.
You can’t blame that on the cop. How was he to know that the only black person on site wasn’t the criminal?
/s
And as we all know, existing while black is perfect justification for execution without trial. /s
The ONLY Reason this cop is getting Charged for LITERALLY SHOOTING AN UNARMED WOMAN IN THE FACE is because of the Woke Agenda!
-Pro Life Republicans!
And this is why I'll defend my own home, thank you very much.
There is a house nearby that has a wood cut sign outside with a picture of a rifle and the words "We dont call the cops."
The "shoot on sight" threat is immensely boomer pilled, but after more and more murders like this, I'm reluctantly agreeing from the other direction.
There's a pretty big difference between "I don't call the cops because they're murder pigs" and "I want to kill people myself"
Yup. I'm mostly on the latter side, but the irony is the sign almost works for me too.
I home you mean the former side (“I don’t call the cops because they’re murder pigs”), not the latter (“I want to kill people myself”)...
Read the title, thought "she's definitely black." ACAB.
Charged. Let’s see how the conviction goes.
I will say the line: FUCK ALL COPS!
If the other cop wasn't a bastard he'd have arrested the murderer on the spot.
Good. This cop will get what they deserve... time served, paid time off, and the inconvenience of having to move two counties to the left to get a job as the local chief of police.
I somehow just knew she was going to be black. For many minorities fascism is already here.
How to find a dirty cop: pick up a phone and call the police.
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