Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.

In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.

Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.

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      4 months ago

      The way he behaved after he shot her is what seals the deal. He didn’t want to waste the bandages from his first aid kit on her.

      He’s a complete psychopath.

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      4 months ago

      He even starts the enocunter aggressively outside. Like he’s angry he had to look outside and is taking it out on her.

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        4 months ago

        The tone of his voice, his body language, and everything about this man screams psychopath.