Cop described Sonya Massey shooting as ‘self-inflicted’ in initial dispatch
Cop described Sonya Massey shooting as ‘self-inflicted’ in initial dispatch
‘Just to confirm: self-inflicted?’ a police dispatcher asks, to which a voice replies, ‘Self-inflicted’
‘Just to confirm: self-inflicted?’ a police dispatcher asks, to which a voice replies, ‘Self-inflicted’
After fatally shooting an unarmed Black woman who called 911 to report what she thought was a prowler outside her Illinois home, police claimed her death was in fact self-inflicted, according to the victim’s family and dispatch audio from the incident.
Police at first told hospital staff that Sonya Massey, 36, had died by suicide, Jimmie Crawford Jr., the father of Massey’s daughter, said Tuesday at a press conference organized by civil rights attorney Ben Crump. At the same time, officers told Crawford that a neighbor had been responsible for Massey’s killing, he said. Massey’s son said police told him that his mother “had been shot in the eye and it came out her neck.”
“They didn’t tell me who,” Malachi Hill Massey, 17, said on Tuesday. “They were just saying [it was] ‘somebody.’”
Murder was in fact a fairly uncommon event in Ankh-Morpork, but there were a lot of suicides. Walking in the night-time alleyways of The Shades was suicide. Asking for a short in a dwarf bar was suicide. Saying 'Got rocks in your head?' to a troll was suicide. You could commit suicide very easily, if you weren't careful.
Sure, self-inflicted. Having the absolute gall to be black in front of a cop is really just suicide.
Calling the cops is what made it self-inflicted. If you're white, they probably just shoot your dog. (No guarantees.)
Seriously. This just happened.
(For the record Edina has a somewhat posh shopping center. The kind of joints that charge 5x what the same chair costs at Hom furniture)
... he said, because he was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer last fall ...
Thinks he's going to die. Wants to make sure he gets a chance to murder someone first.
Not just black, but suffering mental illness. Not sure which is a bigger crime. Certain people will instantly dislike you because they sense something different about you.
Always a relevant
xkcdTerry Pratchett quote
Look I had to find the video and confirm I heard it right the first time.
The guys says "I'm going to fucking shoot you in the face".
He then shoots her in the face.
"Your Honor, my client is an honest man, as is evidenced by his statement about face-shooting."
Wow that's about as pre-meditated as it gets.
He then refers to what he did as "a headshot."
Every article and everyone interviewed; and the prosecutor, judge, everyone at trial needs to constantly refer back to him missing twice. This trash human will never think he did the wrong thing, but this petty move will twist a satisfying dagger to his fragile ego.
Headline: Officer completely misses two shots at point blank after being scared of woman holding water
Prosecutor: Mr. Douchebag, is it true you're in fact gay? DB: NOO!! Prosecutor: Ah, but what about your gay haircut? And the fact that you completely missed your first two shots?" (He's probably afraid of being gay, too)
That body cam video is one of the most gut wrenching, bone chilling, absolutely vile things I've ever seen.
I don't know if you watched the uncut version but I felt bad for the murderer's partner who had to watch this lady die in his arms. The sounds were fucking horrific. He was very visibly not ok for the remainder of the video. That guy is going to need therapy, which he likely won't get because murica. Absolutely terrible.
I'll pass
I can't write my honest opinion about that cop without breaking at least rules and probably some laws.
It's sickening to see this time and again, particularly when the person who was murdered was the very one who called the police. Honestly, I think African-Americans would be safer with the kind of self-policing model we saw from groups like the Black Panthers.