Holy sh*t…body cam footage of murder gets released

So to the people defending the cop in this thread: please delete your account and go rethink the way you view human life. There was literally NO excuse to draw a gun in the first place, let alone fire it at an old lady who called the cops, had oven mitts on and was in no shape or form going to suddenly throw that water at / over them to the point of being a threat.

Shoot a warning shot for all I care if you actually feel threatened, though stepping back even further might be something to try, but this situation was a 100% on the police officer. This aggressive stance, the cursing, the prior DUIs, the fact he shot her in the head, how he responded to his partner wanting to help her etc. This all is enough to see who's at fault here, but especially because we have VIDEO ****ING EVIDENCE!

 

Really?

Rocket River

 

Agree with most of this take. Only a couple things to add:

-You're not acknowledging her mental condition, which would explain her erratic behavior and sudden change in attitude very well.

-When Massey ducks behind the counter she sets the pot on the counter prior to doing so, she only picks it back up after she stands up (we have no idea why) and then turns toward Grayson. At which point she raises it over her head, pointed at Grayson. Shots happen sometime in that moment, but we're unsure how long before or after the pot comes up the shots are fired.

-I would consider Grayson's behavior toward her to be rude and his demeanor annoyed, not aggressive or hostile. His behavior towards her after the shooting is reprehensible.

 

Sonya Massey was 36.

 

Wow you must feel good about yourself, pointing out the one mistake in my story.

 

Yes and quite easily. You've already seen people in this thread say what I said later on which was that whole "rebuke in the name of Jesus" is a line someone says when they sense or feel evil. by saying that to the cop, his sensitive ass instantly felt threatened because he was being called evil/devilish. a normal person would not have been to the extent he was, but we aren't dealing with someone normal are we?

 

I figured you might want to know. I guess not.

 

I think threatening to shoot someone in the face, and then doing so, is a couple levels beyond "rude" or "annoyed". It seems to me his actions before her death were equally reprehensible.

If she did take the pot of water after Grayson threatened to shoot her and was approaching her with gun raised, she could have been doing it in self-defense. Whether he committed murder or not (that's for a jury to decide with the evidence fully laid out), it is clear that he did not follow reasonable police procedure and demonstrated callous disregard for the safety of the person in that home he was supposed to be protecting.

 

UH yeah shooting someone in the face is not nice to say the least, but it's pretty obvious we're talking about prior to the whole pot incident happening.

 

Exactly, but there's no reasoning with morons.

 

As I understand it, things were generally fine and cordial until the "pot incident" started. The cop's actions from that point forward were reprehensible. He is morally responsible for her death. Whether that means he should and will be convicted of 1st degree murder remains to be seen.

 

He was being a dick to her prior to things going off the rails imo.

 

Right but most people's response to that saying wouldn't be "I'll shoot you in the ****ing face". One can be offended by someone saying that to them sure, because it is implying negative things about that person, but he went to the extreme. He wasn't rude or annoyed, just diabolical.

 

No argument here. His response was awful and escalated things, which I've said many times.

 

He is definitely working hard to try to give this guy the benefit of the doubt
seeking any and every possible way to get him off
This is the kind of sh*t that let the 4 officers that beat Rodney King off
It's the same kind of ****ery that always happens when the game of
People of Color versus Policemen is played

'Look I'm not pro-cop . . .but let me show you how the cop was right and the person was wrong . . . "

Rocket River

 

So you say he had mental issues?

Rocket River

 

The officers did what now?

 

Maybe having a gun pointed in your face can be way the "erratic behavior and sudden change in attitude

A gun in the face is not aggressive or hostile ???
WOW!

That is a statement that would make a PROUD BOY Proud
DonnyMost J Trumpish

Rocket River

 

Do you really need it explained to you that I'm speaking largely about events prior to the gun being drawn? Or are you just that dishonest?

 

You’re reading way too much into this from where you were coming from man. I’m just trying to grasp the absurdity of the situation and what’s going on inside of this lunatic cop’s head when he heard that phrase. I’m also not trying to go deep into the religious discussion.

You grew up in the church and had bad experience with it and that’s you. Many Christians utter that phrase all the time. I don’t have any narrative in this case, all I want to do is to find out why Grayson is triggered by that phrase and took out an innocent life for that. We can all forget about the bullshiit for him being fearful for his life.