‘Blue Rage’: Unstable Police Officers and the Threat They Pose

Law Enforcement Veteran Comments on Sonya Massey Killing and Breaks Silence on Former Rikers Island Colleague

The G-Man Interviews: Keith Schneider
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Welcome.

The following is an excerpt from an article published by CNN on July 24.

“The family of Sonya Massey is calling for a probe into the hiring of a sheriff’s deputy charged with fatally shooting the 36-year-old Black woman in her Illinois home this month, citing their concerns over records showing he’d worked at six law enforcement agencies in four years and was charged with driving under the influence twice.

“Sean Grayson, the 30-year-old Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy who has since been fired from the agency, was indicted by a grand jury last week on three counts of first-degree murder and one count each of aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct in connection with the July 6 shooting at Massey’s home near Springfield.

“Massey is one of a number of Black women who have been killed by police in their own homes in recent years, including Breonna Taylor and Atatiana Jefferson.”

Here to discuss the shooting, which he described as “enraging and totally unjustified,” is retired New York City Department of Corrections officer Keith Schneider. Mr. Schneider worked on Rikers Island from 1979 to 1999 and has made several appearances on this podcast to discuss how administrators, officers, and prisoners allegedly engaged in criminal behavior during his tenure.

According to the former officer, he witnessed numerous cover-ups and violent encounters between inmates, which were not reported to proper authorities. He also claimed that after he refused a captain’s order to falsify a report involving the attempted murder of a prisoner by another prisoner, he was transferred to the Special Operations Division (SOD).

The 20-year veteran received major awards from the department. One was issued in 1986 for capturing an escaped inmate, and the second was presented in 1988 for putting out a fire in the laundry building on Rikers Island.

The interview was conducted on July 29.

Information pertaining to this report: The Killing of Clifford Glover, 1973 and NYPD Officer Paolo Colecchia Convicted

UPDATE – July 30, 11:27 P.M. (ET)

IL. FOP Statement Regarding Separate Organization That Filed a Labor Contract Grievance for Sean Grayson

“We are the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police, strictly a fraternal organization. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge is not the labor organization that filed the grievance on behalf of the former deputy who is jailed on murder charges. That dubious distinction rests with the Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council, which is a completely separate organization with different leadership, a different organizational structure and a different mission. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge had zero involvement in this grievance and yet we are bearing the brunt of the public outcry and hate communication for that action just because we share a common first name with the FOP Labor Council.”

“The FOP Labor Council is a labor union which should publicly step up to take ownership of its actions rather than silently let a fraternal organization and our 34,500+ members take the heat, and the hate, on this matter. We urge the public to make that distinction in the future, and we join the public in expressing our condolences to the Massey family. We share everyone’s shock over this disturbing, horrible tragedy.”

“The FOP Labor Council is allowed to use our name through a marketing agreement with the National Fraternal Order of Police. The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge has had many concerns involving this marketing agreement, which again we have nothing to do with, over the past several years and will once again be requesting the National FOP to make changes to this marketing agreement over these concerns.”

(ILFOP) State Lodge President Chris Southwood

Source: ABC News Channel 20