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SENATOBIA, MISSISSIPPI (ASN NEWS USA)— Mississippi’s Attorney General says the shooting was justified. Amir Shakur and Samaria Rice have answered with a deadline: Senatobia has seven days to release the video. On Tuesday, October 20, Shakur’s Amir Shakur Speaks Broadcast Network, Rice and The Tamir Rice Foundation, and Freedom First International — joined by Rodney Floyd, brother of George Floyd and Chairman of the Justice for George Floyd Committee — jointly filed an expedited media public records request under the Mississippi Public Records Act demanding the release of every body-worn camera, dashboard camera, and surveillance recording from the June 14, 2026 police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley — the footage the public needs to see so this case can be investigated in the open.
The facts, as established by national reporting: on June 14, Senatobia police responded to a shoplifting call at a Walmart — an allegation involving a pack of diapers. Vellesiya Wiley and Latoya Ferrell exited the store carrying baby Kohen, entered their vehicle, and began leaving the parking lot. Officers drew weapons. The family says the mother raised her son so officers could see a child was inside. An officer opened fire on the car, killing Kohen as his mother held him and wounding Ferrell. Investigators claim the vehicle moved toward officers; the mother disputes that account. Neither woman has ever been charged with a crime from that day.
After an investigation by the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office announced on October 19 that its review was complete and the use of force “was justified” — meaning no charges against the officer. Yet as of this week, Mississippi authorities have released none of the video evidence: no bodycam, no dashcam, and none of the Walmart parking lot surveillance footage.
The coalition’s filing demands all of it — plus 911 recordings, dispatch transcripts, incident reports, and use-of-force documentation — and pairs the request with a formal legal notice to preserve evidence, warning the City of Senatobia, the Senatobia Police Department, the MBI, and the Attorney General’s office that destruction or alteration of any recording, metadata, or audit trail may constitute unlawful destruction of public records.
Under Miss. Code Ann. § 25-61-5, the agencies must respond within seven working days — by October 29, 2026. The filing also requests expedited press processing and a full fee waiver in the public interest.
For Samaria Rice, this fight is personal and painfully familiar: her son Tamir Rice was 12 years old when Cleveland police killed him in 2014. Her foundation now stands beside Kohen Wiley’s family with one demand — transparency, in full, on camera. Rodney Floyd stands in that same fight: his brother George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police in 2020 ignited a global movement, and as Chairman of the Justice for George Floyd Committee he continues to press for exactly what this filing demands — full transparency and real accountability.
ASN News USA will publish the agencies’ response the moment it arrives. If the video is released, you will see it here.
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