July 24th, 2024- New Voices
THE DEATH OF SONYA MASSEY IS A REMINDER THAT OUR POLICING SYSTEM IS BUILT ON VIOLENCE AND COMMUNITY DISTRUST
Newly released body camera footage out of Springfield, Illinois reveals the brutal murder of Sonya Massey, a 36-year old Black mother of two children who was fatally shot by police in her own home earlier this month. The body camera footage is sickening, painful, and a continued reminder that police officers often inflict harm in the form of fatal and non-fatal violence, on those they are charged with protecting and serving.