Phillip Jackson is a reporter on HuffPost's national desk covering social justice. Before this, he worked as a criminal justice reporter with the Baltimore Sun, as well as in Memphis and Philadelphia covering policing. Phillip can be reached at phillip.jackson@huffpost.
Demonstrators protest the killing of Sonya Massey in Washington Square Park in New York City on Sunday. Massey was shot at home by Sean Grayson, a Sangamon County, Illinois , deputy after she called the police to report a possible prowler. Grayson has been arrested, sparking protests around the country demanding justice for Massey's death.
“I felt there was an issue with police departments not having the proper training, but also the same justice department that would review the misconduct...were the same people who would depend on that particular police district to help them win their cases,” Duckworth told HuffPost. “We cannot continue to bear witness to tragic preventable and common deaths in particular black men and women at the hands of Black men and women. And we saw in Sonya Massey’s case that this is still ongoing.
After questioning her, Deputy Sean Grayson, 30, and another deputy went inside her home, and told Massey to back away from what they believed was a boiling pot of water.Grayson immediately pointed his gun at Massey, who was unarmed during the entire encounter. Massey crouched down to the floor with the pot moments before Grayson fired three shots, killing her. Massey was struck in the face during the shooting.
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