Pittsburgh’s Black women rally for Sonya Massey

36-YEAR-OLD SONYA MASSEY WAS KILLED BY POLICE OFFICER SEAN GRAYSON ON JULY 6, 2024. AT A PITTSBURGH RALLY FOR MASSEY, BALLOONS ARE PLACED ON THE CORNER OF CLIMAX STREET AND CURTAIN AVENUE IN BELTZHOOVER & Massey was killed, July 6, by a White police officer in Illinois & by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer Black women have had enough. A Black woman calls the police on her own, looking for help, as there may be a prowler around her home. And she’s the one who ends up dead. It didn’t happen in Pittsburgh—it happened in Springfield, Illinois, in the early morning hours of July 6, to 36-year-old Sonya Massey. Sangamon County deputies responded to the call, including 30-year-old Sean Grayson. Once inside Massey’s home, Grayson ended up shooting and killing Massey, seemingly for no reason. Grayson tried to say he feared that she would use a pot of hot water on him, but Grayson’s boss was having no part of that explanation. Two officers were there, including Grayson, when the situation unfolded, and the other officer had no plans of firing his weapon towards an unarmed person, where there was no danger present. “It is clear that the deputy...