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Deputy who killed Sonya Massey was removed from the Army, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show (www.cnn.com)

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Years before sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson gunned down Sonya Massey in her own home, he had been discharged from the Army for serious misconduct and had a history of driving under the influence, records show.

He also failed to obey a command while working for another sheriff’s office in Illinois and was told he needed “high stress decision making classes,” the agency’s documents reveal.

Grayson, who was a Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy before he was fired and charged with murder, responded to a report of a prowler at Massey’s home July 6. Bodycam footage from another deputy showed Massey saying she rebuked Grayson, and Grayson responded by threatening the 36-year-old. The exchange ended with Grayson shooting Massey and failing to render aid.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If we ever get a progressive president maybe we’ll actually fix it.

What do you think a progressive president can/will do to fix this? Biden used every available power of the office to try to push for police reform: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/07/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administrations-work-to-make-our-communities-safer-and-advance-effective-accountable-policing/

Real change has to come from congress or state governments. The president has very limited powers here. Mostly they can only impose rules on federal officers, not local police.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe you blocked the other person that asked me, but here's what I told them:

FDR got a lot of shit done.

Even tho he wanted more and the two parties unified against him.

An actually progressive president can guilt their party into progress, because he’ll go to their voters and flat out say the Dems they voted for is holding the whole country back, so next primary he’s supporting a challenger.

Strangely enough, just the threat of that is often enough.

Hell, Bernie is just a senator but that didn’t stop him from going to WV and telling voters that about Manchin.

And Manchin started supporting the party more.

Worked a hell of a lot better than Bidens strategy of publicly admitting he would even try to change someone’s mind.