Jack Campbell, the sheriff who employed the former deputy who killed Sonya Massey, spoke publicly for the first time in Springfield, Il on Monday night.

The sheriff for Illinois’ Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, which employed the former deputy who shot and killed Sonya Massey in her home earlier this month after she called 911 to report a possible intruder, said during public comments Monday night that they had “failed” her.

“Sonya Massey – I speak her name and I’ll never forget it,” Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell said during a “Community Healing & Listening Session” Monday night at Union Baptist Church in Springfield. “She called for help and we failed. That’s all she did: call for help."

“I’m going to say something right now I’ve never said in my career before: we failed,” Campbell continued. "We did not do our jobs. We failed Sonya. We failed Sonya’s family and friends. We failed the community. I stand here today before you with arms wide open to ask for forgiveness.”

  • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    and what are you going to do to keep it from happening again?

    “People are asking questions. What we are going to do to stop anyone from finding out when this happens next time?”