Family of Sonya Massey, killed by police in her home, receive $10m settlement

An officer of Sangamon county, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Massey The family of Sonya Massey and officials from Sangamon county, Illinois, reached a settlement in which the Illinois county agreed to pay Massey’s family $10m.The settlement comes nearly a year after Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two, was shot and killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to her call for help. Continue reading...

Family of Sonya Massey, killed by police in her home, receive $10m settlement

An officer of Sangamon county, Illinois, is charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Massey

The family of Sonya Massey and officials from Sangamon county, Illinois, reached a settlement in which the Illinois county agreed to pay Massey’s family $10m.

The settlement comes nearly a year after Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two, was shot and killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to her call for help. Continue reading...