ERROL BARNETT:
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And because she called police for help, Sonya Massey, because the nation saw this footage, it attracted a lot of attention. How might that change how things proceed? Well, it's already changed how things proceed because the case was taken out of Sangamon County, which is where the capital, Springfield, sits, and moved to Peoria, because there was concern that an unbiased jury wouldn't be able to be found in that county. So that's why the trial is taking place where it is. Now, Sangamon County's sheriff's office was looked into by your unit, and you found data and information that may be relevant to the case. What is that? Our team filed FOIAs going back 20 years and found 50 cases of alleged civil rights abuses by law enforcement in that county, whether it was sheriff's deputies or corrections officers in the prisons. And so we've spoken to some of those families who-- the wound was opened back up when they watched that body cam footage about a year and a few months ago. And so all eyes in that community are on this trial. People want to feel safe from the people sworn to protect them. Anna Schecter, we'll keep watching this. I know you will too. Thanks so much.
