Lawmakers ‘must pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act now’, Biden says, amid shock over Sonya Massey death

Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.

In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.

Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.

  • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
    114·
    3 months ago

    Considering she was on the ground, with her hands In front of her… How did the pot end up coming off the stove… unless she reaches up to grab it when they shot… yaknow, like you can see her doing in the footage.

    So you claim the water went flying because he yelled… She wasn’t touching it when he yelled.

    Are you claiming it’s rational to reach for and grab the pot of boiling water in that situation…because he yelled?

    • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
      71·
      3 months ago

      You’re claiming justification of murder - how do you expect people to take you seriously?

      • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
        113·
        3 months ago

        I don’t understand why you are being so rude.

        If you watch the footage, it makes complete sense.

        And most importantly, there is zero evidence that her race has anything to do with it at all.

        • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
          71·
          3 months ago

          Your lax attitude towards murder is not helping your case about whether race matters. You don’t seem to value life.

          • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
            112·
            3 months ago

            I think it’s a consequence of America being so gun happy.

            You guys need to get rid of em. Big time.

            I value human life greatly, I just know not to threaten American cops… because… I value human life.

      • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
        112·
        3 months ago

        Wow. Reporting. No need for that. If i make more sense than you there’s no need to lash out your upset at me.

          • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
            112·
            3 months ago

            Jesus christ. Your behaviour is vile.

            First you want to be racist by attempting to force race into it, and then this… actually. That makes sense.