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”.
If innocent people are killed by police then it should lead to a federal independent investigation. Don’t care if it was an accident (chasing a suspect) or direct.
And the police department’s policies shouldn’t exonerate them by default. When departments investigate themselves, they just say “our policy encourages the police to kill anyone they see in this situation, so the officer’s actions were in line with our policies.”
That, and not allow it to stay open so no one is at fault. Point blank- innocent person dies independent investigation.
“our policies” = this is how we want our cops to treat you, suck it up.
I never understood how “our policies” is legally binding and defensible in court. I hope the sovereign citizens don’t catch on.
yeah, wtf. my policy is to steal cars, can’t be held liable, it’s my policy.
makes zero sense.