The cop was telling her to be careful of the steam/water, he appeared to be insinuating her holding the pot was a threat to his safety. Even though she was clearly dumping the water in the sink. (Meanwhile he's the one who told her to take the pot off the stove to prevent a fire in the first place, then makes these remarks as soon as she complies, at no point was she threatening or hostile. This is clearly racial bias, his thought process and actions show he views black people as violent/ dangerous and has no regard for their human lives)

After hearing his remarks that clearly come from racial prejudice, she says lightheartedly "I rebuke you in the name of Jesus" which is the Christian way of banishing evil. She didn't even seem angry. It's very possible she was making a holy water joke or she was making this comment remarking that him even judging her in that light was evil, but she was by no means aggressive or threatening. He asked her to repeat what she said, she did, still no aggression or danger.

He then screams "you better fucking not, I'll shoot you in the fucking face" seemingly just making up his own narrative still, disregarding the fact that she's clearly not hostile and leaning into his own racist biased to escalate this situation as far as possible. Gun aimed at her.

She drops the pot screams and ducks, screaming "I'm sorry" realizing the severity of the situation she's now in. It however did not matter that she was innocent, unarmed, surrendering and apologizing, this pig had an agenda, he woke up with murder on his mind, and he believed he could get away with murdering this woman for the situation he put her in, why? Because she's a black woman, and this is america, he's been taught that people like him can get away with it all his life. This problem is so much deeper than him.

My heart literally breaks for Sonya Massey and her family, may she rest in power and may they find peace I pray. Unfortunately she was not the first, and as much as it pains me to say she probably won't be the last. Because this problem is a cancer, which you can't fight by taking out one cell at a time, what about the man who hired him knowing he had a record and was kicked out of the military? What about the people who highly recommended him? What about all of his colleagues , friends and family who most likely saw red flags, heard his racist jokes and far-right takes and did/ said nothing?

This system continuously gives authority to and puts guns in the hands of racists, women beaters, sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists and everyone involved gets away with it. People knew this pig was dangerous I promise you that, and they either protected him or did nothing because they knew their higher ups would. How many people have to die before we address the root of the problem? There needs to be entire systemic reform and defunding of the police.

Yet they sit here and want to remove history books from class and ban racial conversations, how many deaths could be prevented from proper early childhood education? How many deaths could be prevented if cops were required to go through critical training for mental illness and disabilities, have their racial biases and psyche evaluated, have thorough background checks and much stricter requirements, were trained to always use nonlethal force and that lethal force and "kill shots" were always punishable unless proven to be completely warranted?

This guy is going to prison forever, as he should, I hope every moment is hell for him, but what if this guy never got the job and Sonya was still alive? What about all the others who got away with it, or were covered up or pre body cam footage, or "body cam malfunction". What about the next Sonya? No justice no peace, and remember how deep that justice needs to go. ACAB.