{
  "id": 16086586,
  "title": "The family of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy says video shows his killing by police was not justified",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/the-family-of-a-1-year-old-mississippi-boy-says-video-shows-his",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T18:46:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/2026/10/22/the-family-of-a-1-year-old-mississippi-boy-says-video-shows-his-killing-by-police-was-not-justified"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The family of Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old boy from Mississippi, has expressed their belief that his fatal shooting by a police officer was unjustified after reviewing body-worn camera footage from the incident. The shooting occurred in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, roughly 40 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee, in June. Kohen would have turned two years old in early November.\n\nKohen's mother, Vellesiya Wiley, and her friend were allegedly accused of shoplifting diapers from the store, a claim they have denied. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing the family, stated that the officers' actions—speeding towards the moving vehicle with guns drawn to apprehend the alleged shoplifters—were excessive and reckless. According to Crump, the footage shows that the fatal shot was fired from the side of the car, contradicting Sgt. Hunter Foster's claim that he was in immediate danger.\n\nThe Mississippi Attorney General's Office and the Mississippi Attorney General had cleared Sgt. Foster of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting. However, the family's legal team, including civil rights attorney Ben Crump, argues that the footage vindicates Kohen's family, emphasizing that a black baby boy's life is not valued as highly as the white diapers he was wrapped in. An independent autopsy commissioned by the family reached the same conclusion, and an image of the vehicle shows its shattered right front passenger window. The family is now calling for a federal investigation into the shooting.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Body-worn camera footage shows Kohen Wiley's killing was unjustified.",
    "Kohen's mother and friend accused of shoplifting diapers, denied by family.",
    "Civil rights attorney Ben Crump claims officers' actions were excessive and reckless."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}