A national day of mourning was held across the country for 36-year-old Sonya Massey on Sunday.
Massey was shot and killed by an Illinois police officer earlier on July 6th. A couple of hundred people showed up at Emancipation Park to honor and remember Massey. There were many speakers who said the incident in Illinois affected people in Houston. FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV!"It’s a terrible world when you’re not safe in your own home," said one attendee.
LATEST: Sonya Massey murder: Autopsy results released after Illinois officer shot woman inside her home"I want to kind of show the world that Houston stands with Sonya Massey," said Quig Williams, a Houston resident. Communities across the country are now holding a National Day of Mourning for Sonya Massey. "We’re here today in solidarity calling for action. We want a federal criminal justice reform, the George Floyd policing act.
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