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A baby named Kohen Wiley is dead. Police shot him during a shoplifting stop. His mother allegedly stole diapers. DIAPERS. The most basic item a parent needs to keep an infant alive. And when people gathered outside the Walmart to protest, police gassed them with tear gas. In front of the Walmart.
Let's be forensically clear about the chain of events: Mother steals diapers. Police respond. Baby dies. People protest baby's death. Police gas the protesters. At no point in this sequence does anyone in authority stop and ask "are we the problem here." NOT. ONCE.
A country that spends more on its military than the next ten nations combined could not — or would not — build systems that don't end with dead infants over stolen diapers outside a Walmart. This isn't a failure of resources. It is a failure of will, values, and basic human fucking decency. ⛓️
Kohen Wiley. Say his name. A baby. Diapers. Dead. Protesters gassed. Outside a Walmart. In the land of the free. If this doesn't break something in you, check whether something in you is still working.
#JusticeForKohenWiley #KohenWiley #PoliceBrutality #LandOfTheFree #Diapers #BlackLivesMatter #SayHisName #NoJusticeNoPeace
flordelasantillas
Senatobia, Ms is southern hicKKK town with an all white PD. They start by lying with fake self defense stories and refuse to identify the shooting cop. Eventually the cop will be named, fired by the local PD and hired by the Sheriff's Dept. Did I mention with a hefty raise?
FoxPesdassi
Kohen Wiley did not "die". Kohen Wiley is not "dead".
Kohen Wiley was SHOT and KILLED. Senatobia police SHOT and KILLED Kohen Wiley.
FUCK the passive voice in stories, and posts, like this.
darkchiron
They are here to protect property, not to help you.
virtualchoirboy
Am I the only one thinking there needs to be a middle line of defense with battery powered leaf blowers to blow the gas back towards the police?
dextarrogue
That Walmart should expect to have a massive surge in thefts, hell I wouldn't be shocked if someone started it on fire. People are pissed off and the cops are going to push too far again.
When you push people to their breaking point, those cops would easily be overrun and would retreat.
Oatmealman1
Acab, they need to be shown proper street justice. Send them home with less teeth, less fingers, less anything except brain cells because they already have so few. Fucking nazis
idiotsonfire
Cop literally just wanted to murder a black person and made shit up about it to justify it.
KillingTlme
Police exist to protect the wealthy anf their property.
StarscreamAndHutch
Start burning stuff that the city owns. Collateral damages gets their attention.
newsguycraigevans
If you murdered a child at your job would anyone make excuses for you?
Pecos45
Welcome to Mississippi
017renegade
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ButtscratchMcPherson
From other articles this police force has murdered a number of people in shady shootings like this the past few years.
Cosmicfisherman
Interesting not a single dark arm on any of those officers.
PolitiCat
Fucking rise up already. What are you waiting for? That they kill your children too?
ChelVanin
Yes. For most people, violence has to hit very close to home before they become willing to put their literal lives on the line themselves. Some people are willing to step up sooner, but only in the safety of large numbers. That takes planning and coordination, and a heck of a lot of trust.
TheGhostOfFutureDisappointments
You learn when training at stores like walmart, kroger, whatever, that the two most shoplifted items it's:
1. Baby formula
2. Diapers
I learned that back in 2015, and if that doesn't help you realize how fucked in the head our economy is, then you need some serious help.
ShearingBlizzard
Police are not there to help, they are the fascist enforcement arm of the government enlisted by the ultra wealthy to protect their property at the cost of the rest of our lives, treat them accordingly.
circlebreaker
Sherpafish
See someone stealing baby food, diapers, or necessities from walmart? No you didn't.
lonewolfmcquaid
I posted the same comment yesterday. There is no civil society in America.
azazyel
This dude save the future by doing that
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FaeVikingPrincess
Saved the entire human race by instinctively lying to a cop.
UndulatingTerrain
They did commit felonies together.
rbudrick
I don't care if you steal the entire building down to the foundation for ANY giant, faceless, multi-billion dollar corporation. To the ground, every one of them.
mthrndr01
I could not see people burning a Walmart to the fucking ground three to six times a week in an ideal world
SalmonTheWise
gft8gd5khn101
She didn't even steal them she did a digital check out the white guys felt it was acceptable to aim a lethal weapon at a black family in a car.
Bobbutnotthatbob
I don’t care if you’re stealing a forklift from their loading dock. I didn’t see shit.
SavageDrums
Stealing from corporations is morally correct, if its food or a car or anything in between. Corporations have stolen more from us than we could ever steal back.
MrNobodyLivesHere
Oh and Trump's can afford to pay out 300 billion to Iran for his failed war?
Sorry but American values are fucked.
brainkandle1
I believe there was a receipt for the diapers as well.
I've avoided my Walmart for years and years after there were several shootings there. Fuck Walmart
FlintNorth44
okkehel
The police-officer probably thought the baby pulled a gun.
TheDiscoVampire
diezl97
'Cause, man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers
GodAintReal
It’s gonna get worse, y’all.
People’s desperation.
Corporate control and rampant, violent law “enforcement.”
Surveillance. Official lies.
It’s gonna get so much worse.
pilomotor
You know what's really disgusting? This happened in a "pro-life" state, where a 13-year-old rape victim had to give birth because the state has a near-total abortion ban.
netutoring
My honorable OP...after living in this country as an 'adult' now for over 20 years... it feels like there's nothing left to break. We are, as many have put it, a shithole country. It's just depressing knowing there's a bunch of good people here that should be protected by their country.
Poppypoppoppop
Yet, I haven't seen any Americans snap. How peculiar
reurra
"Where is the horse and the rider?
Where is the horn that was blowing?
They have passed like rain on the mountains,
like wind in the meadow.
The days have gone down in the West,
behind the hills... into Shadow."
notmyrealface
There is no profit in protecting people. America worships the dollar. It's our new god.
SecondHandDeathWish
"in god we trust" on all our money. Because money is the only god we trust. And we trust it to be funnelled into the pockets of the wealthy
notmyrealface
Look up when that phrase was added to the money and what's happened in America since then. It was not an accident.
kaoticgirl
I was standing in line to have my receipt checked so I could leave Sam's Club when the shoplifting alarm went off. It was immediately apparent that it was a non issue- the attendant wave the person through- but someone behind me shouted "get 'em!". We are so, bloodthirsty it's disgusting.
Zetor
Are you great again?
Comet260
Never were!!
WolfgangVonTittySprinkles
Depends on who you ask. If you ask a Zionist nazi that hates immigrants and people of color, then we’re getting there. If you ask anyone that didn’t vote for trump then you’ll hear that we’re sliding back into the dark ages as far as civil rights and personal freedoms are concerned. But no, we are not great again. Quite the opposite.
ThisIsAllYouCouldComeUpWith
YouRadicalizedMe
Rocks are good for throughing
yesdearmetoo
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eastend666
Plenty of us have our heads so low you can't imagine. It's the idiot clowns that get all the press, but many of us are ashamed beyond words.
LobotomyPending
we never were
Comet260
👆
calenti
No, but we have what we deserve.
4Astaroth
This is what those cops need. https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ajBobnFlb3dka3JjeDk0emFtMjd6cGJ4OTlqNzV5MW5sYjRycWV4ayZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/qiiimDJtLj4XK/200w.webp
reichstein
If you mean "great" in the way that Voldemort was great, then yes.
Atlas1990
We never were
demosteness
Sad but true
Comet260
👆
NVGoddesscottage
Don’t just be outraged. Go buy a giant pack of diapers and donate them to your local diaper bank or other charity that gives out diapers.
Notmybeardedladynotmycarnival
You can be outraged at an officer of the law killing a 1 year old and still donate diapers. Don't be a fucking ghoul.
SuperSaiyanYamcha
Which is why they said “Don’t JUST be outraged.”
somerandomusernamething
Good old America. Treating symptoms instead of roots and feeling good about it while the main cause festers.
Noahbalboa82
We need to do both. Republicans are in the way tho
somerandomusernamething
In a sense yes. Ultimately, oligarchs are in the way. GOP are the obvious villains, but after the mass anti police protests in 2020, many blue states and cities promised to cut police budgets and reform the police academy. Nearly, if not all of those promises went unfulfilled.
Those in power like having a force to keep those without in line. Blue has given lip service to correct that, but action has yet to be significant enough to prompt major change.
jayman0123
it will take decades to cure the root of the problem, doesn't help the mom that needs diapers this weekend. You can do both you know?
somerandomusernamething
I fully agree. The person I responded to saying "don't be outraged" seemed to be missing that.
Letstrythisonemotime
You missed a very important part of the story: The officers(Multiple) claimed the mother sped away straight towards officers who were in fear for their lives and had no other choice available other then to shoot wildly into a vehicle in a parkinglot filled with pedestrians. It's important because video will show this wasn't true in the slightests and every officer that signed off on that statement should be prosecuted. They won't ofcourse but it's fun to think about living in that world.
whoatherebigfella
Has this video been released yet. This is the first I’m hearing of this tragedy.
Comet260
Even r/protectandserve is saying standing in front of the car was dumb.
ghostly69
I heard this excuse somewhere else...is this part of their training? (ICE agent fatally shot a woman in her car in Minneapolis)
TacticalAssaultUnicorn
Out of curiosity, what video? I haven't seen anything released yet
Letstrythisonemotime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBFKqkXtOoY around 45 seconds it starts. I'm sure they'll say she was reversing towards them at a high rate of speed, as they ran full speed towards the car backing out of the parking spot.
TrumpRapesChildren
Executed. Every officer who signed off on the report and was involved in the incident need EXECUTED. Fuck off with this prosecuted shit. Dead cops can't be bastards again.
PorneliusHubertII
It is the south park defense "they're coming right at us....blam blam blam"
Pelican3
Let’s see……
Jot down the license plate number and go to that person’s house later? Fckthat shoot up the fucking parking lot and kill a child. ACAB. All of them.
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
Even if the car was driving towards the cops, it’s easier to move to the side than to move to the side and also kill the driver (who they knew was a mother with her baby in the fucking car).
Aren’t they trained to not shoot at cars driving towards them? We saw this with the ice Gestapo murdering a woman in minnesota *who wasn’t even driving towards them*
State-sponsored murderers deserve worse than they’ll get, and we never have any fucking recourse.
3dartwork
So what DID happen? I'm not supporting the police for shooting a baby, but what actually happened that led the officer to draw his firearm? Did the mother run away from them? Get in her car when he said to stop and drive off? I always want to hear a full story that is all true, not just half truths
discostewsm
Assuming those were their exact words.....
"mother sped away....... straight towards......"
azazyel
unfortunately
Toqom
The KKK look silly without their hoods
EvilMom
omg. That is low. Can they not be trained to shoot out the tires? I wonder if the mother is still alive.
NKato
Tires are rubber. Bullets are small. Boing!
*In distance* "Ow, a bullet hit my leg!"
EvilMom
It wouldn't pierce the rubber? Also, I didn't realize there were 2 adults with the baby.
NKato
I couldn't tell you if it could pierce the rubber, it's a lot of factors involved. But for pistol calibers, ricochets are a LOT likelier than rifle caliber.
TheLastBootyBender
Huh, I feel like this would be something the Mythbusters would have tested. Shooting tires in movies is a pretty big thing
TacticalAssaultUnicorn
Would not, unless you're within like 5 feet. I've tested with 9mm, what police usually use.
TimmyTimm
I tried finding any footage on this and failed. There was that NBC 2-second clip that showed nothing, while parroting what the cops said.
NickRivieraMD
If it were true they already would have released the security cam footage
DelphicSylloge11
officers shouldn't have stood in front of the car. get tags, send a summons to court. period.
fknbastard
That’s not how American policing works.
1) it must be directly confrontational
2) it must escalate the conflict
3) it must leave the situation objectively worse than before they arrived
DelphicSylloge11
this!
RetrogradeLlama
Yep. At this point, you don’t even have to see the video to know that they were lying.
But we will see the video. And then we’ll know that they were lying. And nothing will happen.
WhiteyHead
I can already see the police reply "Technical errors, leading to the loss of the video footage."
hotaru251
and thats only a short term thing. "ai" video is improving and eventually they can just edit the footage to make it be in their favor.
Stefnos87
Thats the point where cops can no longer prove if they did or didnt do what they are accused off, since no one is going to belive them or the video evidence. All cops are just considdered to be guilty of everything no matter what happens.
hotaru251
except that isnt how the system works. You are innocent until proven guilty. if they cant prove guilt then you arent guilty. Just further case of how the system was never meant to work the same and needed to be updated as technology and social norms evolved.
DovvyDragon
I wee you've never been formally accused of a crime. You are treated as guilty until proven innocent.
prosper020
Honestly imo, people supposed to uphold the law, if accused of breaking it, should be considered guilty until proven innocent due to the massive power imbalance that their position gives them. Also the responsibility to be truthful and uphold the law is infinitely more important for them than the average citizen. Instead of free passes they should be given extreme scrutinization.
hotaru251
ideally yes however won't happen. What will happen is vigilante justice when the faith in the system fails and the citizens just start dealing justice themselves. If stuff doesn't change that is the the futures path.
slinkiisu
I want to make something happen, but I live in the UK and would get in more trouble just trying to enter the US... ugh. But those cops all deserve to get the same punishment they gave out.
whoatherebigfella
Make it happen where you live.
invalidobject
Can you link the video or article? Where was this?
Letstrythisonemotime
I said will show, because good footage hasn't been released yet. There is a bystander released video that shows the car trying to speed away from police but at no point in the video could I see an officer in the path. Walmarts especially in these areas have crazy amounts of building, and police supplied camera systems throughout the parking areas but all of that will be evidence and most likely not released for some time.
Letstrythisonemotime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBFKqkXtOoY around 45 seconds it starts. I'm sure they'll say she was reversing towards them at a high rate of speed, as they ran full speed towards the car backing out of the parking spot.
ilikepot8os
Yeah if there's one thing that can stop a speeding car its...a dead driver who can't apply the brakes...
ilikepot8os
Just saw the video of the car. He shot at the passenger side, not even the driver side.
So even if we assuming shooting the driver is a good idea (it's not) he still failed...
Toqom
He was just trying to stop her from stealing more diapers, mission accomplished
backrideup9
I wondered this. Is the windshield broken, are there bullet holes in a door. If there are holes in the car anywhere other than the windshield, the pig was never in danger and they should burn his house down with him in it
prosper020
From what I saw on the news last night there is a bullet whole straight through the windshield directly aimed at the pass anger seat. It’s like they were aiming at it at a range. Like they thought it was a UK vehicle and that the driver was on the right hand side of the car. The passenger window was also shattered but I’m guessing that’s from the piggies smashing in the window to open the door of a wounded adult and dead baby.
Kemi337
We went through this whole thing too when that shitbag ICE agent murdered Renee Good. Literally all of their training says to move out of the way of the fucking vehicle because a dead driver doesn't make the vehicle stop. Shooting at the moving car was the wrong decision regardless.
Mxlespxles
Anyone got a link to vid?
NunyaBizness
Google Kohen Wiley
DrunkenLordDuck
Ah yes, Google, whose own AI frequently contradicts itself when I feed its own responses back into its search query as questions.
ThisOldCPU
No video of the shooting has been released at this time.
EccentricNimoy
"Fox 13 says"