Police chief in Senatobia regularly used racial slurs, private text messages reveal

Police chief in Mississippi regularly used racist slurs, private text messages reveal

SENATOBIA, Miss. — The fatal police shooting of a 1-year-old Black toddler in June became a flash point in Senatobia, Mississippi, after years of complaints from residents about discriminatory and overzealous policing. The post Police chief in Mississippi regularly used racist slurs, private text messages reveal appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

White police chief in Mississippi regularly used racist slurs, private text messages reveal

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. Mukta Joshi is a reporter at Mississippi Today. She is spending a year as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow. Joseph Cranney is a reporter at Verite News. Both report for the Deep South Today Investigative Reporting Center in collaboration with The Times.SENATOBIA, Miss. — For many residents of this tiny city about 40 miles south of Memphis, the fatal po…

Police chief in Senatobia regularly used racial slurs, private text messages reveal

A memorial is in place for 1-year-old Kohen Wiley at Walmart in Senatobia on Friday, June 26, 2026. The state Department of Public Safety says a police officer responding to a shoplifting call on Sunday, June 14, 2026, shot at a car that drove in the officer's direction, killing Kohen.