Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
26%
5 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Police body camera footage reveals the moment a Mississippi cop opened fire on fleeing shoplifting suspects in a Walmart parking lot — and shot dead a 1-year-old boy.
asserted
cop → reveal → boy
The state Attorney General deemed the use of force “justified” on Monday.
Little Kohen Wiley was tragically killed in June when a police officer fired shots into a car the boy was riding inside as the child’s mom was allegedly fleeing cops in Senatobia, according to law enforcement officials.
uncertain
mom → deem → officials
Footage released Tuesday shows five police officers bolting into a the Walmart parking lot as they chase a grey sedan with two women inside.
asserted
they → release → women
The vehicle reverses and nearly hits one officer, before slamming into a parked car.
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vehicle → reverse → car
As cops run toward it, one officer shouts, “Stop the car right now!” according to the footage.
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officer → run → footage
Cops close in and surround the vehicle.
asserted
Cops → close → vehicle
The driver then accelerates toward the officers.
asserted
driver → accelerate → officers
One cop then opens fire into the car as the vehicle appears to strike him, the footage shows.
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footage → open → him
Hunter Foster, an officer who chased the car, was placed on leave while authorities investigated his actions, according to mississippitoday.com
While Foster has not been directly named as the officer who opened fire, he was the only cop at the scene who was placed on leave, the outlet reported.
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outlet → chase → leave
The stunning footage was captured on body cameras worn by two of the five officers and by surveillance cameras.
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footage → capture → cameras
“In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified,” the attorney general’s office said in a statement on Monday.
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office → find → Monday
The toddler was struck by the officer’s bullet in the right side of his torso — and the shooting was ruled “homicide” by an independent pathologist, the family’s prominent lawyer, Ben Crump, said at a press conference Monday.
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lawyer → strike → conference
“God help them if it’s not a life or death situation and you shot into a moving vehicle with an infant baby,” Crump said.
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Crump → help → baby
Crump — a civil rights attorney who famously represented the families of George Floyd, Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor — added in a statement, “We will not stop fighting until this family gets the truth.”
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family → represent → truth
The gut-wrenching shooting unfolded after Senatobia Police officers responded to a shoplifting call at the store on June 14, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has said.
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Bureau → wrench → Investigation
Police had suspected that the boy’s mom, Vellesiya Wiley, and her friend, Latoya Ferrell, were stealing diapers and baby clothes from the Walmart, according to police records.
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mom → suspect → records
Officers say they tried to stop the vehicle as the driver allegedly drove toward them, prompting the cop to open fire, the Bureau said.
uncertain
Bureau → say → fire
The toddler was killed and the driver and Ferrell were critically injured, officials said.
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officials → kill → ?
A photo shows that the car’s passenger window was shattered by an apparent bullet and a hole in the windshield.
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window → show → windshield
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