A 1-year-old in Mississippi was shot and killed by police after a cop opened fire on a vehicle involved in an alleged shoplifting incident at a Walmart. An adult was also critically wounded.
A witness says they saw 2 women leaving the store with an infant, Kohen Kartier Wiley, and a box of diapers. Relatives deny that Wiley's mother and aunt were shoplifting, with some saying they had a digital receipt on a phone.
This is a national tragedy.
The officers knew about Kohen Kartier Wiley being in the car before they opened fire.
Firing into a moving vehicle in a crowded parking lot over a non-violent offense is both criminally reckless and completely unjustified.
RIP Kohen Kartier Wiley
I always see Sean Bell left out of the conversation. He was an unarmed Black man, shot and killed by NYPD in 2006. They fired a total of 50 rounds for absolutely no reason. He was celebrating his bachelor party, at the young age of 23. He had a daughter and a fiancée, his daughter was 4 when he was murdered, for no reason. The police were all found not guilty. Please don’t forget. Savages in police uniforms killed this man.
A Ku Klux Klan member dangles a hangman’s noose from his vehicle to deter African Americans from voting in an upcoming municipal primary election. Miami, Florida, 1939