“I’ll Fucking Shoot You in the Face”: the Police Murder of Sonya Massie

Grayson fires three shots at Sonya Massey, while his partner watches with gun drawn.

Deputy Sean Grayson didn’t turn on his body camera until after he’d shot Sonya Massey three times. This is probably why he thought he could get away with saying he killed Massey in self-defense, as she was charging toward him with a pot of boiling water. What Grayson didn’t realize is that his partner’s body cam recorded the entire fatal encounter, showing that the diminutive, unarmed Massey was hiding from the Springfield deputy...