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☆ Sonya Massey’s mom called 911 to report her daughter was having a mental breakdown the day before she was killed
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Please.” It’s unclear whether the deputies who responded the next day knew about her mental health concern. On July 5, Massey and her mother, Donna Massey, called 911 at different times, according to Sangamon County records. In a news conference, Massey’s family and their attorney Ben Crump said she had mental health challenges. You can go get it but that’s a headshot.”Officers trained to recognize mental health crisesLaw enforcement experts tell CNN officers are trained in recognizing whether they are dealing with someone who might be experiencing a mental health crisis. The officers could have asked more questions to determine Massey’s mental state and asked whether she’s receiving social services before using deadly force, experts said.

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☆ Sean Grayson, who killed Sonya Massey, was removed from the Army for serious misconduct, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Holly Yan | Bill Kirkos | Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

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. Bodycam footage from another deputy showed Massey saying she rebuked Grayson, and Grayson responded by threatening the 36-year-old. In May 2022, Grayson started working at the Logan County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, records show. Then he started working full-time with Auburn police, the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, and finally the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office in May 2023. He resigned from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office in April 2023.

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☆ Sean Grayson: What we know about the Illinois deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey in her home
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The state’s training and standards board records show Grayson’s law enforcement certification has been suspended. It is unclear why Grayson changed jobs so frequently and CNN has reached out to the other law enforcement agencies for more information. Minutes after the shooting, Grayson speaks to another law enforcement figure. Sangamon County State's Attorney's OfficeGrayson did not activate his body camera until after he fatally shot Massey, according to charging documents. Massey’s father, James Wilburn, said during a news conference Monday he initially received conflicting information from law enforcement.

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☆ I quit my corporate job after it felt like nobody was talking about police shootings of Black men. Now I run a nonprofit working to end police violence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tansy McNulty, the founder of 1 Million Madly Motivated Moms, or 1M4. McNulty left the corporate world to start 1M4 to end police violence by 2038. As I was bringing this Black child — a Black boy — into the world, I wanted to create a safer future for him. So I took those skills I learned in corporate America, and I applied them to what I do now with 1 Million Madly Motivated Moms, or 1M4. We don't tell the families what accountability looks like.

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☆ Officer Gets Nearly 12 Years for Killing Atatiana Jefferson
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aaron Dean, 38, had faced up to 20 years in prison, but jurors also had the option of sentencing him to probation. FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Texas police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years and 10 months in prison for his manslaughter conviction. Aaron Dean , 38, had faced up to 20 years in prison, but jurors also had the option of sentencing him to probation. The same jury that convicted him of manslaughter last Thursday also determined the sentence.

☆ Former Texas officer sentenced for killing Black woman in her home
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 20 (Reuters) - A former Texas police officer was sentenced to over 11 years in prison on Tuesday for shooting and killing a Black woman in her home in 2019. Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer, was sentenced in a Tarrant County court to 11 years, 10 months in prison, a court clerk said. Dean and his partner had gone to Jefferson's home after a concerned neighbor called police to say her front door was open. Jefferson's death took place about seven months before the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. Reporting by Brad Brooks in Lubbock, Texas; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Former Texas officer found guilty in 2019 death of Black woman
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 15 (Reuters) - A former Texas police officer was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter in the death of a Black woman who was killed when he shot her through a window of her home in October 2019, prosecutors said. Atatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot dead by Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth officer, while standing in her home with a handgun after hearing noises outside. Jefferson's death took place about seven months before the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for over eight minutes. Fort Worth Police Department had said in 2019 that Dean violated a series of police policies. "Today's guilty verdict is one small step to delivering justice for Atatiana Jefferson and her family," U.S. Representative Marc Veasey from Texas said in a statement.

☆ Former Texas Officer Convicted in Killing of Atatiana Jefferson
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aaron Dean was convicted of manslaughter after the former police officer shot Atatiana Jefferson through the window of her home in 2019. A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun. Jurors were also considering a murder charge against Aaron Dean but instead convicted him of manslaughter. The conviction comes more than three years after the white Fort Worth officer shot the 28-year-old Black woman while responding to a call about an open front door.

☆ Former officer Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Daniella Silva | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean attends the first day of his murder trial on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Fort Worth. Dean fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson in 2019 during a police call at her home. Aaron Dean, a white Fort Worth police officer, fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who had been playing video games at home with her 8-year-old nephew before she was shot. During his testimony, Dean said that after he shot Jefferson, he was briefly blinded by muzzle flash. Prosecutors have also argued that Dean shot Jefferson "not a second" after shouting for her to put up her hands, without giving her time to process and follow his commands.

Officer Carol Darch and Dean had been responding to a call at Jefferson’s home when Dean, who is white, fatally shot Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew. Darch said Dean took the lead as they approached the house and moved toward Jefferson’s backyard. According to police and body camera footage, Dean failed to identify himself before firing his weapon and striking Jefferson. Aaron Dean arrives to the 396th District Court in Fort Worth on Dec. 5, 2022, in Fort Worth, Texas, for the first day of his trial in the murder of Atatiana Jefferson. Dean, who resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department before his arrest, was indicted by a Texas grand jury in December 2019 on a murder charge.

Aaron Dean, a white former Fort Worth police officer, is on trial in the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman who was playing video games at home with her 8-year-old nephew. Dean fatally shot Jefferson after a concerned neighbor noticed a door had been left ajar and called a nonemergency police line. During opening arguments, prosecutors said Dean shot Jefferson through the window into her chest “not a second” after shouting, “Put your hands up! At issue in the trial is whether Dean saw Jefferson's gun and whether he believed it was pointed at him. Jefferson's death echoes that of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot by police in March 2020 in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment.

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