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”.
Taken what numb nuts? They literally advanced towards her with guns out and put themselves within distance of the boiling water. Did you watch the fucking video? If you did it must be impossible for you to think critically with your brain rotting from all your racist bullshit. Just shut the fuck up already. It’s statistically provable that cops are executing POC at an alarmingly higher rate than others. You cannot argue with facts.
Huh? why would I argue a point that you brought up?
Why try strawman me? to argue with someone else? Goargue with someone else if you want to argue their points.
I watched the video. She brought it entirely upon herself Unfortunately. She literally called 911 and then behaved that way. Probably suicide by cop, but who knows. You can never know that kind of thing.
Letting people make you feel so strongly about something that you didn't even watch. There's. I way you can watch that footage and think she didn't threaten the police.
A woman was needlessly murdered and your dumb ass is defending that murder via any contortion possible.
I've watched the video and read the transcripts. All that painted was a picture of a troubled woman under mental duress and a fragile little man deciding to end a life.
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?