
Sonya Massey's killing sheds light on prior civil rights complaints
A CBS News investigation found more than 50 civil rights complaints filed by families in Sangamon County, Illinois, against the sheriff's office over the last 20 years.
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Cassandra Gauthier is a national field producer for CBS News, now based in Chicago. For more than a decade, she has covered domestic news for the network, including the trials of El Chapo, Harvey Weinstein and court appearances by Jeffrey Epstein and R Kelly. In 2024, she produced the interview with an Ohio woman charged with a felony after a miscarriage.
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