SENATOBIA, MS — A small town in Mississippi has seen significant protests after a 1-year-old boy was fatally shot Sunday by police.
The incident occurred at a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, where police were responding to an alleged shoplifting incident.
When sheriff’s deputies attempted to stop a vehicle, they said an officer was nearly hit by the car. An officer then opened fire and struck two people in the vehicle.
The toddler, Kohen Wiley, died at a hospital, while a woman in the car was critically wounded.
Crowds later gathered outside the town’s City Hall as officials addressed the incident. Hundreds of people then protested Tuesday at the Walmart parking lot before police deployed tear gas.
The officer who opened fire has been placed on administrative leave while the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation examines the case.
High-profile attorney Ben Crump — who has also been involved with other wrongful death lawsuits involving police, including Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd — is representing the family.
A small town in Mississippi has seen significant protests after a 1-year-old boy, Kohen Wiley, was fatally shot Sunday by police.
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Listed By: Wiley Coyote
The responsible baby daddy and baby momma shouldn't have been stealing and trying run over the POPO. They should sentence them to prison for endangering/causing death to the child during an act of crime.
These slugs didnt care about the child until he was killed.
They will settle.
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PermalinkListed By: Rita Repulsa
Apparently, the matriarch accompanying the mother and driving (into the police) was actually the child's aunt. We can assume that both women were individuals of exemplary emotional control and high emotional intelligence who default to resolving conflict through careful communication and mediation of differing interests. Yet another example of American blacks experiencing discrimination by whites, Hispanics, Asians, Middle Easterners, and sometimes Africans both at home and abroad.
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