Mississippi Releases Video of Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old; Family Disputes State's Justified Finding
Photo: APMississippi authorities on Thursday released video of the June police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, about 40 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. Sgt. Hunter Foster fired into a moving vehicle, driven by a family friend, as he and other officers chased two women accused of shoplifting. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office said earlier this week that the shooting was a justified use of force, and the state investigation found no criminal wrongdoing. Foster has resigned. At a news conference Thursday, family attorney Ben Crump and the boy's grandmother, Veronica Roberson, said relatives who watched body-camera footage do not believe the shooting was justified. Roberson said she learned of the finding from news reports and that footage leaked online Wednesday.
Alternative/independent coverage (AP) leads with the video release and the state's no-wrongdoing finding, alongside the family attorney's objection. Left-leaning outlets differ in focus: HuffPost centers the family's reaction and Roberson's and Crump's remarks, while CNN leads with Foster's resignation. Right-leaning outlets had not reported the story at the time of writing; left-leaning and alternative outlets had.
How the sides differ Alternative sources stress the video release and state finding; left sources stress the family's rejection and the officer's resignation; right sources have not covered it.
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- CNNMississippi officer resigns after fatal shooting of 1-year-old in car outside Walmart during pursuit
HuffPost leads with the family's view after watching body-camera video, featuring Crump and Roberson. CNN's headline and excerpt focus on Foster's resignation and the pursuit of the shoplifting suspects.
AP leads with the state's release of the video and the finding of no criminal wrongdoing, noting the officer fired while dodging a car driven by a family friend and that the family's attorney objects.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.