When you think this story couldn’t get more tragic
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Two emergency response calls were made from the home of Sonya Massey, the Black woman who was shot in the face by an Illinois sheriff’s deputy
after she called 911 for help, in the days leading up to her death, according to records released Wednesday.
In a third call, Massey’s mother, Donna Massey, reports that her daughter is suffering a “mental breakdown” and tells the dispatcher: “I don’t want you guys to hurt her.” She adds that she fears the police and asks that no officer who is “prejudiced” be sent.
In the other calls, a woman calling from Sonya Massey’s address, who doesn’t identify herself, says people want to hurt her, and a day later, a woman identifying herself as Sonya Massey reports a neighbor had hit her with a brick.
The Sangamon county sheriff’s department is still trying to determine whether Massey’s history of mental health issues was relayed to deputies responding to the call about a suspected prowler, which ended in her death on 6 July.…….
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...mother-911-call-police?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other