Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to last summer’s shooting of Sonya Massey , an unarmed Black woman, in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who had responded to her call for help.

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed the legislation , which requires disclosure of everything from job performance reports to nonpublic settlement agreements. It resulted from indiscretions that came to light in the background of Sean Grayson, the ex-sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder in the case.

Pritzker, surrounded by Massey’s family in the state Capitol, said the first-in-the-nation law should serve as an example for other states as he let Massey’s “spirit guide us to action.”

“Our justice system needs t

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