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. -
Tiara Standage (at right) leads a crowd of up to 100 people July 12 in chants that call for police to release body-worn camera videos and other information surrounding the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey. -
As many as 100 people turned out for a July 12 protest in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to demand more information from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department and other officials about the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
Sunshine Clemons, co-president and founder of Black Lives Matter Springfield, speaks to a crowd gathered July 12 in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to protest the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
As many as 100 people turned out for a July 12 protest in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to demand more information from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department and other officials about the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
Breonna Roberts, 25, of Springfield, holds her fist in the air during a July 12 protest about the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
As many as 100 people turned out for a July 12 protest in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to demand more information from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department and other officials about the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
As many as 100 people turned out for a July 12 protest in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to demand more information from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department and other officials about the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36. -
The crowd that turned out July 12 in front of the Sangamon County Courthouse in Springfield to protest the police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey in unincorporated Woodside Township included white and Black participants, though the majority of the crowd was Black. -
Mike Williams of Springfield (center) was among those who took part in a two-hour July 12 protest outside the Sangamon County Courthouse in the wake of the July 6 police-involved shooting death of Sonya Massey, 36.
