The questioning of prospective jurors Monday by Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser & defense atty Daniel Fultz focused on attitudes toward law enforcement….

Witnesses scheduled to testify for both the state & defense are reported to be experts in #police training, generally accepted police practices, use of force, body camera video, use of video in investigations & the review of incidents involving the use of force.

#SonyaMassey #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #racism #WhiteSupremacy

The incident has prompted continued questions about #US #LawEnforcement #shootings of #Black people in their homes & generated a change in #Illinois #law requiring fuller transparency on the background of candidates for law enforcement jobs.

A jury of 10 women & 5 men, including 3 alternates, will hear testimony that’s predicted to end next week.

#SonyaMassey #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism #WhiteSupremacy

According to body-camera video that is certain to play a key role in the trial, Grayson & Massey joked about how the deputy backed away as she moved the pan before Massey said, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” Grayson later told sheriff’s investigators he thought Massey’s statement meant she intended to kill him, yelled at her to drop the pot & in the subsequent commotion, fired 3 shots, striking her just below the eye.
#SonyaMassey #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism #WhiteSupremacy

On July 6, 2024, Massey, a 36-year-old single mother of 2 teenagers who struggled with mental health issues, called emergency responders over a suspected prowler. When Grayson, who is white, & another deputy entered her Springfield home to report finding no one, Grayson noticed a pan of hot water on the stove & ordered it removed.

#SonyaMassey #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism

The trial was scheduled to begin Wednesday with opening statements. If convicted of murder, Grayson faces a sentence of 45 years to life in prison. Prosecutors dismissed single counts of aggravated battery with a firearm & official misconduct.

#SonyaMassey #law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #police #racism

Opening statements Wednesday in trial of ex-Illinois officer who killed #SonyaMassey

15 months after Sonya Massey, a #Black woman who had called 911 for help, was killed in her home, the former #police officer who fired the fatal shot is set to go on trial.

Sean Grayson, 31, a fmr deputy for the Sangamon County #Sheriff’s Dept in central #Illinois, has pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of first-degree #murder.

#law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #racism #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/sonya-massey-shooting-trial-sean-grayson-police-ef91c35e7d6823a06639cdb243792a53

Outside of screenwriting for TV Alex O'Keefe has also been a speech writer for Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey.

By all accounts he was minding his own business and just trying to get where he was going. There's zero evidence of him committing any crime and the original call doesn't even claim any crime ffs!

The cops didn't even bother to question the Karen to get her side of the story.

https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/09/22/mta-slams-black-man-detained-in-viral-video

#BLM #BlackLivesMatter #NYPD #NYC #MTA #acab

Hey, #activist types, now that #ACLU has decommissioned their Mobile Justice app, what is Plan B? The basic idea of recording law enforcement activity to document abuse is an important one. What’s the next best option?

#activism #blacklivesmatter #blm #icewatch

Today during #BlackAugust we're rewatching 'The Revolution Has Come' sedition of It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine.

Made during the early stages of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, this sedition covers the history of The Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, has a rad soundtrack and features and interview with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin

https://kolektiva.media/w/d6S7pYy2CAB8hPnC1DPy3Q

Today during #BlackAugust we're rewatching 'The Revolution Has Come' sedition of It's the End of the World as We Know It and I Feel Fine.

Made during the early stages of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, this sedition covers the history of The Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, has a rad soundtrack and features and interview with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin and JoNina Abron-Ervin

https://kolektiva.media/w/d6S7pYy2CAB8hPnC1DPy3Q

psst! evil #SCOTUS Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them

(And justices don’t want you to notice!)

#VotingRights#Injustice #racism#BlackLivesMatter#WhiteSupremacy#WhitePrivilege #gerrymandering#Democracyhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/

psst! evil #SCOTUS Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them

(And justices don’t want you to notice!)

#VotingRights#Injustice #racism#BlackLivesMatter#WhiteSupremacy#WhitePrivilege #gerrymandering#Democracyhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/

Black people give this country far too much grace.

#BlackLivesMatter#ACAB#FilmThePolice#FL#Florida#Police#AbolishThepolice#DefundThePolice

Black people give this country far too much grace.

#BlackLivesMatter#ACAB#FilmThePolice#FL#Florida#Police#AbolishThepolice#DefundThePolice

Dhillon’s memo says the #DOJ *respects* the jury’s verdict & that the conviction means Hankison will probably never be able to serve as a police officer or own a firearm. [unless of course #Trump pardons him]

#law#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#WhiteSupremacy #racism

In Nov, a federal #jury found Brett Hankison, the #Louisville #police officer, #guilty of violating #BreonnaTaylor’s #CivilRights during a March 2020 police raid in which she was fatally shot, becoming the first officer directly involved in the case to be convicted on #criminal charges.
Hankison faced a maximum sentence of life in prison.

#law#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#WhiteSupremacy #racism

Breaking with standard protocol, the memo was not signed by any career prosecutors but by Robert J. Keenan, a senior counsel to the #CivilRights division who was not part of the original prosecution team, & Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the division who was appointed under the #Trump admin.

#BreonnaTaylor #law#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#WhiteSupremacy #racism

The #Trump#DOJ requested that a #Louisville police officer #convicted in connection with a raid that resulted in #BreonnaTaylor’s death serve just one day in prison. In an unusual sentencing memo, the #FederalGovernment suggested to a #judge that the #Biden admin should not have prosecuted the officer on #CivilRights charges.

#law#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#WhiteSupremacy #racism

WTAF?!?

#Trump#DOJ seeks ONE-DAY sentence for officer in raid that killed #BreonnaTaylor
In November, a federal jury found officer Brett Hankison #guilty of violating Taylor’s #CivilRights during a March 2020 #police raid in which she was fatally shot.
#law#BlackLivesMatter#BLM#WhiteSupremacy #racism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/07/17/doj-sentencing-police-officer-breonna-taylor/