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The sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed Sonya Massey claims he feared she was going to throw a pot of boiling water on him, nevertheless based totally on the horrifying police physique cam … her family and their lawyer aren’t purchasing for it.
Ben Crump is representing Sonya’s family, and joined us on “TMZ Reside” Tuesday alongside her father, James Wilburn, and we requested about their takeaway from the physique digital digital camera footage exhibiting her lethal interaction with regulation enforcement.
Ben says Sean Grayson — the Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder — doesn’t appear to be he’s fearing for his safety inside the footage, on account of instead of shifting away from Sonya as she handles a pot of boiling water, he strikes in direction of her.
Crump thinks Grayson was shifting nearer to Sonya, so he might get a larger shot.
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Take into account, Grayson fired 3 images, one among which hit unarmed Sonya in her head, after which instructed his companion to not trouble with rendering her medical assist as she bled out on her kitchen floor.
Grayson talked about he feared for his safety, nevertheless the Illinois State Police say their overview found his use of strain was NOT justified.
Crump’s taking it one step further … and thinks if Grayson was really afraid, he would’ve moved away from Sonya and by no means in direction of her.
Sonya’s father says he was, at first, misled about this being an officer-involved capturing — and tells us he on no account thought his daughter can be part of the likes of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and totally different Black people killed by police.
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James says his daughter’s demise has been notably exhausting on him … and he’s positive it’s going to have introduced on his coronary coronary heart to fail, if not for a present bypass surgical process.
Bottom line for Ben … the deputy’s excuse proper right here is “asinine.”