Sonya Massey’s Mother’s 911 Call Revealed

That is simply so very unhappy.

Police physique digicam footage reveals that on the fateful evening of July 6, when two Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies confirmed up at Sonya Massey’s door, the very first thing Massey stated to the officers was, “Don’t damage me.” The deputies responded by assuring Massey that they might not damage her and implied it was misguided that she would assume in any other case since she was the one who known as them. Not half an hour later, Massey was shot lifeless by now-former Deputy Sean Grayson, who’s now dealing with a number of expenses together with three counts of first-degree homicide.

On Wednesday, it was revealed that Massey isn’t the one one who gave the impression to be having premonitions about brutal cops harming or fatally killing a Black one that known as them for assist. Actually, the day earlier than Massey was shot, her mom, Donna Massey, known as 911 to report her daughter experiencing a “psychological breakdown.” Throughout that decision, Donna additionally instantly requested that whoever was despatched to her daughter’s residence not do her any hurt, based on newly launched 911 recordings.

“I don’t need you guys to harm her, please,” Donna instructed 911 dispatch round 9 a.m. on July 5, based on the Washington Put up.

The 911 operator responded to Donna the identical approach Grayson and his companion responded to Massey when she expressed her considerations that she may change into a police brutality sufferer shortly earlier than she turned a police brutality sufferer they dismissed her her considerations and insisted there was no logical motive to worry the cops may do hurt.

From the Put up:

When the dispatcher instructed her assist was on the way in which to her daughter’s Springfield, Unwell., residence, she replied: “Thanks, and please don’t ship no combative policemen which are prejudiced — please.”

He replied, “There’s nothing to be petrified of, ma’am.”

Roughly 16 hours later, the cops got here to “do their job” and Massey was shot and killed in consequence.

Now, the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Workplace—and by extension, all police companies throughout America—must be tasked with reckoning with the truth that Massey noticed her demise coming.

Her mom noticed it coming.

Black America is continually being gaslighted by “again the blue” boot-lickers who love telling us that if we comply, we’ll be nice. Daily, Black persons are instructed that our innate worry of cops is ridiculous and so they can’t conceive of the chance that Black folks may run from the cops, not as a result of they’re responsible, however as a result of they’re afraid of being killed. 

They maintain telling us our worry is unfounded, and cops maintain proving to us that the alternative is true.