Hear, every part concerning the killing of Sonya Massey by now-former Illinois deputy Sean Grayson is infuriating. However the fury spawned by the police body-cam footage that exhibits definitively that Grayson had completely no motive to tug his gun, not to mention shoot Massy, apart, we also needs to be outraged on the proof that signifies Grayson ought to by no means have been known as to Massey’s residence within the first place—as a result of he shouldn’t have been a cop anymore even earlier than that night time.
Supply: Sangamon County Sheriff’s Division / Sangamon County Sheriff’s Division
In accordance with SCRIPPS Information, Grayson, who’s at the moment being held with out bail on a number of fees together with three counts of First Diploma Homicide, had been employed by six totally different police companies since 2020, and the one one he didn’t depart, for no matter motive, in lower than a yr was the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Workplace, which is the place he labored when he gunned Massey down only for lifting up the pot of boiling water he and his companion despatched her to get rid of.
From SCRIPPS:
The Illinois Legislation Enforcement Coaching and Requirements Board exhibits Grayson was employed part-time on Aug. 11, 2020, by the Pawnee Police Division. He additionally was employed part-time on Feb. 4, 2021, by the Kincaid Police Division and on Might 20, 2021, by the Virden Police Division.
Two months later, he was employed full-time by the Auburn Police Division and remained there till Might 1, 2022, when he was employed full-time by the Logan County Sheriff’s Workplace. Grayson left Logan County on April 28, 2023, and was employed full-time on Might 1, 2023, by the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Workplace.
He obtained his part-time Legislation Enforcement Certification on June 5, 2021, in keeping with the Illinois Legislation Enforcement Coaching and Requirements Board. His certification standing at the moment reads as suspended on the board’s web site.
The rationale why Grayson had been enjoying police division musical chairs for 4 years earlier than discovering the sheriff’s workplace he obtained fired from for taking pictures Massey for no discernable motive is unclear, however what’s abundantly clear are all the vibrant purple flags that point out the 30-year-old mustn’t have been employed as an officer of the regulation within the first place, and definitely not six separate instances.
Grayson was additionally an Military veteran, that’s till he was discharged for “critical misconduct” in 2016. The rationale for his dishonorable discharge can be unclear, nevertheless it may need had one thing to do with the 2 DUI convictions he has on his felony document, considered one of which occurred whereas he was nonetheless within the army.
In truth, in keeping with USA At this time, the sheriff’s workplace knew of Grayson’s DUIs, however, apparently, they weren’t sufficient—even coupled with Grayson’s shady work historical past—to trigger somebody within the sheriff’s division to assume: “Hmmmm, possibly this isn’t one of the best man to offer a gun and a badge to.”
From USA At this time:
A sheet in Sean P. Grayson’s personnel file, obtained by The State Journal-Register, a part of the USA TODAY Community, by a Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) request, listed “misconduct (critical offense)” as his motive for separation from the Military on Feb. 27, 2016. An on-line document of the Aug. 10, 2015, DUI in Girard, Illinois, about 40 minutes southwest of Springfield, listed Grayson’s deal with as Fort Junction, Kansas.
Grayson’s former first sergeant, in writing a advice letter for him for the Auburn Police Division, famous that “other than Mr. Grayson’s DUI, there have been no different points that he had throughout his tenure within the U.S. Military.”
Jeff Wilhite, a spokesman for Sangamon County, stated the sheriff’s workplace knew about that DUI in addition to his second, which additionally occurred in Girard on July 26, 2016, just below a yr after his first DUI. Grayson pleaded responsible in each circumstances.
It’s simply debatable that Sonya Massey would nonetheless be alive if it wasn’t really easy to develop into a cop and keep a cop regardless of a cop having a document that implies they shouldn’t be a cop. Massey’s loss of life was preventable in additional methods than one.
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