Police Chief in Mississippi Town Where 1 Year Old Was Killed Has Been Fired The firing of Harold Vanderford, police chief of Senatobia, Mississippi, marks a long overdue step towards accountability in a city still grappling with the fatal shooting of 1 year old Kohen Wiley.
However, it raises more questions than answers about the systemic issues plaguing the department.
Vanderford's text messages, which included racist slurs against Black people, are merely a symptom of a deeper problem – one that is all too familiar in communities across America where law enforcement is seen as an occupying force rather than a protector of public safety.