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The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified

The family of a 1-year-old boy fatally shot by a police officer in Mississippi says the shooting was not justified. They said they have reviewed body camera footage from the shooting in a Walmart parking lot in June. The Mississippi Attorney General's Office cleared Senatobia police officer Sgt. Hunter Foster of wrongdoing, calling the shooting a…

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