The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office announced on Monday.
  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    In civilized countries, police officers are smart enough to just get out of the way of such a car, and deal with it later without shooting.

      • rainwall@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        This is the same police station whose chief was just fired last month, for, get this, extremely vile racism.

        Just a wild coincidence, I’m sure. Also just a wild coincidence that the racist chief of police didnt punish the child murder when he was caught being racist:

        Since Vanderford took over as chief, Foster has separately faced at least two complaints that he used racially offensive language with co-workers, Mississippi Today reported in July and August. In the months leading up to the shooting, Foster referred to a Black officer as a “Black motherfucker” and directed another derogatory remark toward a white co-worker who has a daughter with a Black woman, according to internal department complaints.

        There’s no indication that Vanderford took any disciplinary action against Foster, who was allowed to remain on patrol.