Springfield IL deputy indicted; faces three murder charges in killing of Sonya Massey - Body cam footage from the incident will be released to the public on Monday
Springfield IL deputy indicted; faces three murder charges in killing of Sonya Massey - Body cam footage from the incident will be released to the public on Monday
A Sangamon County grand jury returned a five-count indictment against a Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy in the July 6 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey
Article doesn't go into what happens, so I'll summarize:
Victim thinks there might be a prowler at her home, she calls tha cops at 1 am. Murder Cop and his partner get there, are let inside and are several feet from victim. Water starts to over boil a pot on the stove, victim asks the cops if its okay to move pot. One of the cops says yes. Victim moves the pot to counter, sets it down. Murder cop suddenly pulls gun, screams at the victim to put her hands up, she does. Victim panics, starts to drop to the floor with her hands still up, murder cop shoots her in the face.
Partner of murder cop rushes to provide aid, murder cop tells him not to. Partner of murder cop ignores this, calls ambulance and provides aid. Murder cop stands around, does not provide any aid. Victim dies.
What in the holy fucking shit. Is there any indication that the cop was high? That is such a crazy story.
Edit: body camera footage being released Monday. I find stuff like that very difficult to look at but might make an exception in this instance.
So how did this get turned into three charges? The article didn't explain that.
I want justice for this woman's family but I hate how our system allows fifty different charges for one or a handful of crimes. Murdering one person should be one murder charge, not three, and not murder plus homicide plus manslaughter plus killing a person plus death by bullet plus turning a person into a corpse; you get what I mean.
I think the “extra” charges are often used to put someone who’s clearly a danger to society away for longer. Another example I can think of that’s similar is someone going to jail for CSAM gets a separate charge for every frame of video, as they’re separate “images”. I agree that the law should be more straightforward but there are instances where nuance can be helpful.