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Video footage of Kohen Wiley shooting released after toddler’s death deemed ‘justified’
The Guardian • • nation
Key Points:
- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch declared the police shooting of one-year-old Kohen Wiley "justified," prompting public release of shooting footage initially reported by Darkhorse Press.
- Attorneys Ben Crump and Van Turner, representing Wiley's family, criticized the police response as excessive, highlighting that officers approached the baby and two women with guns drawn over an alleged shoplifting of diapers, a misdemeanor.
- Family members expressed deep distress over the shooting and the handling of information, with Kohen’s grandmothers questioning the justification for lethal force against a baby.
- Neither woman involved was arrested, and Crump emphasized that shoplifting misdemeanors do not warrant deadly force, calling for a federal investigation into the shooting.
- The footage is set for official release by investigators, and local civil rights groups joined the family in demanding accountability ahead of what would have been Wiley’s second birthday on November 1.
