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'Mississippi Goddam': State AG Calls Police Killing of Toddler Kohen Wiley 'Justified'

Republican Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch on Monday declared the fatal police shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley “justified,” provoking outrage over a decision that civil rights advocates said underscores the enduring systemic racism in US policing and prosecution. Wiley, who is Black, was killed on June 14 in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia,…

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Common Dreams· Oct 19, 11:18 PM'Mississippi Goddam': State AG Calls Police Killing of Toddler Kohen Wiley 'Justified'

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'Mississippi Goddam': State AG Calls Police Killing of Toddler Kohen Wiley 'Justified' – KnowGov