Crime & Law

Police Shooting Of One-Year-Old Justified

19 Oct to 23 Oct

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Corky SiemaszkoNBC News
Josh PauzéReason
Liliana SeguraThe Intercept
Mark OsborneCBS News
Will PotterDaily Mail
Natalie O'NeillNew York Post
Jack BrookToronto Star
Deena ZaruABC News (US)
Tesfaye NegussieABC News (US)
Kayla EpsteinBBC
Hazel Tang John FarrellThe Guardian

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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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Mississippi released bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, who was in a moving car when a police officer on a shoplifting call opened fire.

4 of 11 outletsfirst reported 23 Octwording from Al Jazeera

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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 Daily Mail

How it changed

19 Oct
“In this incident, the Attorney General’s Office found the use of force was justified.”
4 outlets · NBC News
20 Oct
Kohen was fatally shot in June, outside of a Walmart, as cops investigated his mother and her friend for stealing diapers.
2 outlets · Reason
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.
2 outlets · New York Post
23 Oct
Police body camera and security footage released on 21 October shows the police shooting of Kohen Wiley on 14 June in Senatobia, Mississippi.
3 outlets · The Guardian

Coverage 14 articles

23 Oct Bodycam video shows police shooting death of one-year-old Kohen Wiley – deconstructed
The Guardian
23 Oct Bodycam clip released in fatal police shooting of Mississippi one-year-old
BBC
23 Oct Mississippi Cop Who Shot 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley Resigns After State Calls Shooting 'Justified'
Reason
23 Oct Mississippi releases video of 1-year-old’s fatal police shooting
Al Jazeera
23 Oct Bodycam video shows fatal police shooting of 1-year-old boy
CBS News
23 Oct Bodycam footage released in police shooting of Miss. 1-year-old as family speaks out
ABC News (US)
23 Oct Family of 1-year-old killed by police speak out: "That's no justification"
CBS News
22 Oct The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified
Toronto Star
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

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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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