DOJ opens civil rights investigation of Illinois sheriff’s office after shooting of Sonya Massey
Massey’s killing sparked national outrage and renewed calls for passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which ...
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US Department of Justice is investigating deadly Illinois police shooting of Sonya Massey
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the deadly police shooting of a Black woman that happened at her downstate ...
Justice Department demands records from Illinois sheriff after July killing of Black woman
The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the shooting of an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a ...
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Justice Department demands records from Illinois sheriff after Sonya Massey killing in July
Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, was killed in July when deputies responded to a call about a possible prowler at her ...
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Sonya Massey murder: Former Illinois deputy seeks pretrial release
a 36-year-old Black woman killed inside her Illinois home, had been employed by a half-dozen police agencies since 2020, according to state law enforcement records. Sean Grayson's career included ...
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Sean P. Grayson, ex-deputy charged with murder, now held in Decatur
DECATUR — The former deputy at the center of a notorious Central Illinois murder case — Sean P. Grayson — is now being housed in the Macon County Jail. The ex-Sangamon County Sheriff’s ...
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Years before a deputy killed Sonya Massey, sheriff's office failed to police misconduct within its ranks
Illinois. But two minutes later, Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson took aim at Massey's face and fired a fatal gunshot, killing her in her kitchen. The morning prior, her mother Donna had warned ...