Mississippi Cop Shooting Of Toddler
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- Corky SiemaszkoNBC News
- Josh PauzéReason
- Liliana SeguraThe Intercept
- Mark OsborneCBS News
- Will PotterDaily Mail
- Natalie O'NeillNew York Post
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“In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified,” Republican Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch announced in a three-sentence news release posted on her official website.
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Body camera and surveillance footage from the fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old boy show the moments several police officers rush out of a Mississippi Walmart and open fire as a driver accused of shoplifting tries to pull out of the parking lot.
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Shocking final moments of baby captured on police bodycam after his mother and aunt 'shoplifted' at Walmart then drove car at cops who opened fire
How it changed
- 19 Oct
“In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified.”
- 20 Oct
Kohen was fatally shot in June, outside of a Walmart, as cops investigated his mother and her friend for stealing diapers.
- 21 Oct
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.
Coverage 6 articles
21 Oct Bodycam shows moment Mississippi cop opens fire on fleeing ‘shoplifters,’ killing 1-year-old boy — as AG says it was ‘justified’
New York Post
21 Oct Shocking final moments of baby captured on police bodycam after his mother and aunt 'shoplifted' at Walmart then drove car at cops who opened fire
Daily Mail
21 Oct Video shows moments leading up to police fatally shooting toddler
CBS News
20 Oct Kohen Wiley’s Family Say They Never Heard From Investigators Who Concluded Cops Did No Wrong
The Intercept
20 Oct Mississippi A.G. Says Killing of 1-Year-Old Boy Over Stolen Diapers Was 'Justified'
Reason
19 Oct Mississippi AG says police shooting that killed 1-year-old was ‘justified’
NBC News
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