US: Anger increases as bodycam footage shows police shooting unarmed black woman | DW News

There is growing anger in the US following a police shooting of an unarmed Black woman in the state of Illinois.

Authorities released this bodycam footage showing the moments leading to the fatal shooting. The woman, 36-year-old Sonya Massey, had called 911 to report a suspected intruder. Two deputies reponded. One of them told Massey to check on a pot of boiling water. He then told her to drop the pot of hot water, and shot her. He has been charged with murder.

Chapters:
0:00 The events leading up to the murder + family reactions
0:58 Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, Constitutional law professor and author