I’m not really sure what plane of existence except maybe Earth-X where the shooting of a one-year-old boy is justified. I mean, let’s face it. Young kids at Sandy Hook and Robb Elementary didn’t matter to people, so why do we think they care about a little black in small-town Mississippi?
Earlier this week, Lynn Fitch, the attorney general of Mississippi, concluded the fatal shootings of Kohen Wiley was justified. On June 14, Sgt. Hunter Foster with the Senatobia Police, fired several rounds as a car he claims was moving toward him in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart im Senatobia, Miss., which is south of Memphis by 40 miles. Foster was called to the store in response to a shoplifting complaint. However as of this post, no one has been charged of shoplifting or any other charges. Volleyball, Kohen’s mother and an unidentified friend, were believed to have shoplifted diapers.
However, eyewitness have disputed the complaint including Velleysia herself, who was seen holding her son as she left the store and got into the passenger side of the car drove by her friend. Kohen was fatally shot in the right side of his chest and so was the woman friend driving the car. Velleysia was reportedly uninjured physically but I’m sure the mental and emotionally injury will never heal.
Forensic experts have said that the shooting shows the vehicle was driving passed Foster not toward him. Four months have passed and the body cam footage hasn’t been released as Ben Crump, the attorney for the Wiley’s wants released. It’s like Foster, who has been on administrative leave since the shooting, and his attorneys as well as Fitch will fight that release as much as they can.
Last month, Harold Vanderford was fired as police chief of Senatobia by the town’s alderman board after racist texts he reportedly made were made public. In recent years, the town has come under fire for other cases involving black people. Incidentally the same Wal-Mart parking lot was the site of a confrontation between Senatobia Police and a black woman who was threatened with a Taser in regards to a parking lot.
I’m sure that Wal-Mart has security footage and also a digital record if the diapers were purchased. There seems to be a security camera at every register now. Sadly, it’s possible this was all one big mistake. Either someone confused Velleysia or her friend with someone else or they used self-checkout and someone thinks they didn’t pay. I can understand why Wal-Mart has been quiet on this matter. No matter what happens next, the store will be named as a defendant in the potential and inevitable lawsuit. And once it is filed, the next motion will be for discovery. So I can understand why Wal-Mart officials don’t want to release anything until they absolutely have to.
I wonder why Fitch, who has announced her intentions to run for governor of the state next year, made such an unpopular ruling. She has to have seen the body cam and all the security footage. And if she’s seen it, then why not Crump and the public?
If they have nothing to hide, what’s the hold-up?
I wonder if the State of Mississippi won’t adjudicate this case, is there anything at the federal level? And if so, is it even worth pursuing it when everyone knows the Justice Department currently is working for the people but against them. If there is even a conviction before Jan. 20, 2029, who’s to say the current Presidential administration will pardon just to add insult to injury? Or will Fitch do it herself if she’s eventually elected governor and the local prosecutors adjudicate?
It sucks our justice system has come down to protection for law enforcement unless there is irrefutable evidence and there’s no concerns of political retaliation. If this is the case, we definitely need a major overhaul. It shows we haven’t gone anywhere from the days where Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett shook hands with Bryon De La Beckwith, who murdered Medgar Evers during his trial.
What do you think? Please comment.
