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Mississippi AG Says Walmart Officer’s Infant Shooting Justified

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Mississippi Attorney General declared the officer’s shooting of infant Kohen Wiley justified.
Wiley’s car drove toward officers responding to a shoplifting call at a Senatoba Walmart.
Autopsy showed Kohen was hit from the side.
Experts said the shooting was unjustified.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump demanded release of body-camera footage to verify justification.

History

Historical Context

After the April 1992 acquittal of four LAPD officers in the Rodney King beating, Los Angeles erupted into six days of riots that left 55 people dead, injured 2,383 and caused over $1 billion in damage, exposing deep racial, economic and police-accountability tensions. The current debate over Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Jacobson’s defense of a Walmart shooting echoes that same clash over perceived legal impunity.

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Story summary

Mississippi Attorney General declared the officer’s shooting of infant Kohen Wiley justified.
Wiley’s car drove toward officers responding to a shoplifting call at a Senatoba Walmart.
Autopsy showed Kohen was hit from the side.
Experts said the shooting was unjustified.
Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump demanded release of body-camera footage to verify justification.

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