• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    Shoplifting. The woman was under suspicion of shoplifting. That’s why the cop/murderer shot at her… for shoplifting!

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      It’s important to note that there is no proof, and the family denies any wrongdoing. The simple fact is they were shot at and the baby was murdered over an accusation.

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      Not just that but fucking diapers. One no should have called cops on her so fuck that person with fucking razor wire, but her child murdered by police over fucking diapers fuck the cops and the store and we should riot over this shit.

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      And she shoplifted diapers. Here’s a reminder that if you see someone shoplifting essentials like food or diapers, no you fucking didn’t.

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    Yet more proof that regular police shouldn’t have standard firearms. They obviously do not have adequate training and/or critical thinking skills necessary to determine use of force.

    Firing at a moving vehicle, in a Walmart parking lot, for a shoplifting call, is absolutely ridiculous.

    If firearms are actually needed, get SWAT. And that doesn’t even get into why officers aren’t required to carry insurance like doctors. Insurance companies would drop these dipshits and make them unemployable anywhere in the country immediately.

    And none of that even gets into the potential for race being a factor, as it so very often is when it comes to police shooting people.

    Also of note, no arrests have been made. So despite this supposedly being for shoplifting, the unharmed mother wasn’t arrested for shoplifting? Why would that be unless there was no shoplifting?

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      I want to argue with your wording, but I am struggling to find a solid argument. The best I have is that the office probably didn’t know the baby was there. And was shooting at the driver, who apparently was the only one not hit. So attempted murder maybe, with a side of reckless endangerment, manslaughter, and a whole litney of things for killing the wrong person. At which point murder is just simpler. A human is far more manuverable, and with so many things to dodge behing in the “crowded” parking lot, should have no trouble evading the car without shooting.

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    Morose hypothetical that I’m almost afraid to voice in case it gives some evil asshole an idea: most states have laws that attach murder charges to lesser crimes if a person dies in the process of committing that crime. Will Mississippi try charging this woman with murder for her baby dying during the process of shoplifting and fleeing police?

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        Do you have a source for this?

        Because I’ve read 10 different reports of this now from all across the news sphere with various biases, and can’t find a receipt mentioned anywhere.

        I can 100% believe it to be accurate, from the reporting, even if they had a receipt, the police never had a chance to verify before deciding to shoot at them. Police rolling up to a Walmart responding to a call about diapers being shoplifted, and immediately shooting the first black people carrying diapers they see without talking to a single person is completely believable unfortunately.

        I will point out in support however that no arrests have been made. So the police didn’t arrest the unharmed mother for shoplifting? Unless there wasn’t actually any shoplifting at all, maybe because they did have a receipt.

        But without a source for the receipt claim, this looks like intentional disinformation, which isn’t uncommon in these types of cases, lots of misinformation gets spread around very quickly.

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          I saw it posted on other social media and did just parrot what I read

          But upon further examination I found this quote which is not definitive but they are asserting a very easily disprovable claim which makes me side with the victims as I would assume that the police would try and get the video of the shoplifting out if they had it

          “Wiley denied police claims that her friend was shoplifting, and said the purchase of baby diapers was likely caught on camera in the self-checkout. She added she had not been charged by police.”

          https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2026/06/17/mississippi-mother-speaks-after-mississippi-police-officer-shoots-1-year-old-kohen-wiley/90593788007/

          https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/kohen-wiley-senatobia-shooting-mother/522-67b5ce4a-ed9c-4d0e-b4e8-10e54d2717a7

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            Exactly the kind of thing I was searching for but hadn’t managed to find from over 10 different articles. You’d think going through that many places, both national coverage, and local… that quote would be way more common. Especially with current police sentiment.

            Some articles mentioned no one had been charged with any crimes… but none of them included anything directly refuting the shoplifting claim itself.

            Just goes to show how massively important it is to find multiple sources. Even when you go out of your way to do so, you still only get whatever part of the picture they bothered to tell you. Did the reporter not even investigate enough to get that info even though it seems like the most obvious thing to check on first? Whether the initial shoplifting claim that started all of this was even valid? Did they have that info, but left it out on purpose?

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          What happened to due process? I’m sure they will turn up a receipt if there is one.

          I wonder why the cop found it reasonable to skip due process and go straight to execution. Maybe it has to do with how they had to be trained before firing at random civilians?

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      Most of the time, it needs to be a felony. Shoplifting diapers isn’t a felony. They may try to throw some sort of “she made the officers fear for their lives by driving away from them” BS at her to charge her with a felony assault… But just the shoplifting wouldn’t be enough for those laws to apply.

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        I saw a john oliver on this. They put a guy away for giving his car keys to a friend who then used the car in a burglary where they shot a guy. So I think the bar is low in a lot of states. Someone else said the diapers weren’t stolen, but I am sure they will ring her up for failure to obey an officer or using a vehicle as a deadly weapon, then smack on that other charge who’s name I forget.

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    How DARE they MURDER Millions of People Via PRICE GOUGING and CLIMATE DESTRUCTION! Steal $10 worth of ESSENTIAL Goods!

    -Pro Lifers!