A former #Illinois #sheriff’s deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally #shooting #SonyaMassey who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.

#law #murder #police #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #BLM
https://apnews.com/article/sonya-massey-grayson-murder-sentence-b4af388a9e7133449e861033a741d2ff?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-29-Breaking+News

A former #Illinois #sheriff’s deputy is sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally #shooting #SonyaMassey who had dialed 911 to report a possible prowler outside her Springfield home.

#law #murder #police #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #BLM
https://apnews.com/article/sonya-massey-grayson-murder-sentence-b4af388a9e7133449e861033a741d2ff?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-29-Breaking+News

#Justice!

#Illinois deputy found #guilty of #murder in the shooting of #SonyaMassey, a #Black woman who called 911
An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former #sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.
Sean Grayson, 31, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, or probation. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan 29.

#law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #SystemicRacism #MentalHealthAwareness
https://apnews.com/article/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-trial-34a5cb31ad44c6243d17cc4f598a9d5c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-29-Breaking+News

#Justice!

#Illinois deputy found #guilty of #murder in the shooting of #SonyaMassey, a #Black woman who called 911
An Illinois jury on Wednesday convicted a former #sheriff’s deputy of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help.
Sean Grayson, 31, could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, or probation. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan 29.

#law #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #SystemicRacism #MentalHealthAwareness
https://apnews.com/article/sean-grayson-sonya-massey-trial-34a5cb31ad44c6243d17cc4f598a9d5c?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-29-Breaking+News

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