believing a sign of zeta

"someone ended it all before it could even start." - Carlos, Kohen's grandfather.

"Family say the aunt was driving the car and the mother was in the front passenger seat holding her child when the shooting happened."

a mother went to the grocery store with her 1 year old child and. the cops. murdered her baby boy. he was in her arms. in her arms. in her arms.

the cop who did this does not deserve to live. Kohen should still be alive. despicable. beyond words. there are no words anymore. the hatred of Black people is a plague on the world.

may Kohen's spirit find peace and be reborn to his mothers arms in another life. may his family grieve together in peace. fuck the colonial entity known as the United States.

Kohen Wiley, the slain child, was in the car at the center of the shooting on Sunday alongside his mother and her friend, said Marquell Bridges, a local community advocate who is helping the family find legal representation. Kohen’s mother was physically unharmed, but her friend was seriously injured, said Bridges, the president and founder of an advocacy group called the Building Bridges Coalition.

Apparently a community rally was organized in Senatobia (video of protest included at that link) & the family has legal council.

They tear gassed protestors, at a protest over the murder of a 1-year old and the potentially fatal injuring of another woman, and the traumatizing of an entire family.

A preliminary autopsy requested by the family of Kohen Wiley suggested the baby was shot from the side of the car, not the front, civil rights attorney Ben Crump said, disputing officers’ claims that the car was heading toward them. Kohen’s mother, who was holding her baby in the passenger seat, says her friend was driving away from the officers. [...] However, Crump repeatedly emphasized that the pathologist did not have access to complete information. He said the family won’t rest until authorities release the police body camera and dashcam video, as well as Walmart surveillance video. [...] “That’s very important as we try to solve a puzzle,” he explained, adding: “The reason that we’re having to try to solve the puzzle is because they won’t release the video.” In an initial account of the shooting, state investigators said: “Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one. An officer then discharged their weapon and the vehicle fled the scene.”

Those records list Hunter Foster, along with Kohen Wiley, his mother Vellesiya Wiley and a third person as people involved in Sunday’s shooting. Action News 5 is working to identify the third person. An incident report from MBI was too heavily redacted to confirm Hunter Foster as the officer involved. Action News 5 confirmed through city records Hunter Foster was promoted as a sergeant in Senatobia in September. Action News 5 went to City Hall and the Police Department, asking Mayor Greg Graves and the police chief to confirm Foster’s identity and involvement. A staffer said both were in a meeting. Any further information must come from MBI, Action News 5 was told.

This article also includes a video of Kohen's grandmother, grandfather, and other family and community members talking about him and demanding justice.

Unfortunately, Kohen's mother has been the target of some truly vile and explicitly racist harassment online, including people claiming she was using Kohen as a meat shield, when she raised him up in the car to show the officer there was a baby in the car, and claiming she is celebrating her son's death and is happy he died. She is dealing with some truly horrific shit from all sides and I hope she is being protected by her family and her community.

From the celebration of life ceremony they held for him:

heyyyy my yakuza fanart collection is now available as a digital zine! 71 pages, maybe somewhat spicy themes but overall SFW, thank you so much for looking ❤️

this is my own art, so no one to tag here, besides myself :)