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Videos show critical policing errors in fatal shooting of toddler in Mississippi

By Jay Liquori | Originally published by Mississippi Today

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A Times analysis and review by experts found that the police officer who opened fire on a vehicle, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in Senatobia, violated basic policing protocols and his department’s use-of-force policy.

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