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Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff’s deputy, accepts $10M settlement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya ...
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Family of Sonya Massey, Black woman shot in home by sheriff's deputy, accepts $10M settlement
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman shot and killed in her home last summer by a ...