US officer fatally shot Black woman Sonya Massey in her home: Bodycam video
Footage from a police body camera has shown a white officer in the US state of Illinois shooting dead a 36-year-old Black woman in her home after she called 911 to report a suspected intruder.
The 36-minute video, released by Illinois State Police on Monday, shows the moments leading up to, during and after the July 6 shooting of Sonya Massey, who had called the emergency line to report a potential “prowler” at her residence in Springfield.
US President Joe Biden issued a statement on Massey’s death, saying Monday it was a reminder “that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.
Massey’s death is the latest incident of Black people killed by police in their homes in recent years.
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from Washington, DC.
J. Wyndal Gordon is a civil rights attorney. He joins us live from Baltimore, Maryland to discuss this.
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