Justice for Sonya Massey Protest

By Photos by Zach Adams

On Friday, July 12, a crowd of nearly 100 people gathered outside the Sangamon County courthouse to protest the killing of Sonya Massey by a Sangamon County sheriff's deputy and call for the release of body-worn camera footage.

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Donna Massey (center), the mother of Sonya Massey, looks down as she holds a sign during a two-hour rally July 12 in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield. The rally was organized to protest the handling of an incident July 6 by Sangamon County sheriff's deputies that ended with the police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey in the 2800 block of Hoover Avenue in unincorporated Woodside Township.