Mississippi'de bebek ölümüyle gündeme gelen polis şefi görevden alındı
Senatobia, Mississippi'de polis şefi Harold Vanderford, bir yaşındaki Kohen Wiley adlı siyahi bebeği Walmart'taki hırsızlık ihbarına müdahale sırasında vurarak öldürmesinin ardından ulusal gündeme gelmişti. Kent yönetimi Salı günü geç saatlerde Vanderford'u görevden aldı. Görevden alma kararı, Vanderford'un mesajlarında siyahilere yönelik düzenli olarak ırkçı hakaretler kullandığının ortaya çıkmasının ardından geldi. Bu gelişme, polis şiddeti ve ırkçılık tartışmalarını yeniden alevlendirdi.
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Police chief in Mississippi town where 1-year-old was killed has been fired
Harold Vanderford made national news earlier this year after he shot and killed Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old Black baby, while responding to a shoplifting call at Walmart Late Tuesday, the city of Senatobia, Mississippi fired its police chief, Harold Vanderford, after it was reported that Vanderford regularly used racist slurs against Black people in his text messages. The town, which is about 40% Black, made national news earlier this year after a white officer fatally shot and killed Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old Black baby, while responding to a shoplifting call at Walmart. Officers fired into a vehicle, shooting the driver and killing the toddler, who was being held in his mother’s arms. Though Vanderford submitted a resignation letter earlier on 1 September, the city’s board of aldermen unanimously voted to reject it and to terminate the officer instead. Vanderford’s firing came just under a week after the city wrote in a statement that, despite the messages, he would “continue to serve the City with the confidence that was placed in him at the time that he was appointed as Chief”. Continue reading...