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”.
She picked up a pot of boiling water and said ‘i will remake you in the name of jesus/christ.’
Can’t remember the exact wording. And that was after all of what she said and did before that moment. Did you watch the footage? You can see her behaviour.
Why do you think her race is more relevant than… Her gender?
Or hair colour? Serious questions. What brings you to her conclusion?