Kohen Wiley visitation set for Friday at Senatobia church

‘Justice for Kohen Wiley’ March Planned for Friday Over Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old

A day before Kohen Wiley’s funeral, organizers plan to march in Senatobia, Mississippi, on Friday to demand accountability for the police shooting that left the 1-year-old child dead in his mother’s arms in a Walmart parking lot. The post ‘Justice for Kohen Wiley’ March Planned for Friday in Senatobia Over Fatal Police Shooting of 1-Year-Old appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.

Police shooting of 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi. The death of Kohen Wiley is the latest in a series of troubling encounters with police that have outraged community members in recent years. It has led to protests and calls for greater police accountability in the …

Kohen Wiley visitation set for Friday at Senatobia church

SENATOBIA, Miss. -- Visitation for Kohen Wiley, the one-year-old killed in an officer-involved shooting in Senatobia, will be held at West Gilmore Church of Christ on Friday. It will be held on Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A large turnout is expected, and funeral arrangements are being finalized. "It will be a very [...]

Police shooting of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents

One year-old Kohen Wiley was fatally shot by police responding to a shoplifting call (Photo courtesy of Facebook). By TRAVIS LOLLER and SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi. The death of Kohen Wiley is the latest in a serie…