Massey's family has publicly called for Campbell to step down.
Massey's family has publicly called for Campbell to step down.Sheriff who hired ex-deputy charged in Sonya Massey killing speaks out
When asked about his confidence in the vetting process that went into hiring Grayson, Campbell said that the issue was Grayson, not the process itself.Sonya Massey's mom called 911 day before shooting to report daughter was having a mental breakdown "Sonya Massey - I speak her name and I'll never forget it," Campbell said. "She called for help and we failed. That's all she did, call for help."
"The 911 calls capture the heartbreaking pleas of Sonya's mother, who desperately sought help for her daughter while expressing her deep fears about the potential for violence at the hands of the police," civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing Massey's family, said in a statement to ABC News. "Despite these warnings, Sonya, a woman struggling with her mental health, was met with deadly force in her own home.
Grayson's employment file stated that no formal investigation was conducted regarding this complaint. Miller said he and Grayson have "had this conversation before" and called Grayson's behavior "extremely concerning." "I looked at it as a plus," Campbell said about Grayson's career path. "Plus he had no, he had no problems with those agencies. There was nothing reported to us that would concern us. There was no use of force complaints and things like that. That would be something that we would be very concerned about."
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