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”.
And how do you excuse her behaviour?
If a police cam of this behaviour came out… and they didn’t ask for her id… And she goes on to harm someone… they would be held partially responsible.
Which is good. Hold police accountable for doing their jobs. Not for ‘not doing their jobs.’
Do you know if she had any warrants or known issues with police/mental health?
Since we are playing hypotheticals. I too agree with executing the mentally unstable.
Oh. I don’t.
Only if they reach for a pot of boiling water after threatening to use it to harm police… and after they lift their weapons and inform them they will fire if the person goes for that weapon. Only in those instances. And similar.