Read our Privacy noticeA former Illinois deputy has been sentenced to 20 years for fatally shooting Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 for help. Grayson, who is white, received the maximum possible sentence and has been in police custody since being charged in the killing. Grayson apologized during the sentencing, saying he wished he could bring Massey back and spare her family the pain he caused. “Today, I’m afraid to call the police in fear that I might end up like Sonya,” her mother Donna Massey said. The case also prompted a change in Illinois law requiring fuller transparency on the backgrounds of candidates for law enforcement jobs.