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Family of 1-Year-Old Killed by Police Disputes State's Justification Finding

The family of a 1-year-old boy shot by police at a Mississippi Walmart said on Thursday that it disagrees with the state's finding that deadly force was justified.

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The family of a 1-year-old boy who was shot by police in the parking lot of a Mississippi Walmart spoke out on Thursday, disagreeing with the state's position that the use of deadly force was justified, according to a CBS News video report.

The CBS News summary says the state holds that the use of deadly force was justified, while the family disputes that conclusion. The headline of the report includes the phrase "That's no justification."

The summary describes the boy as 1 year old and says he was shot, while the headline describes him as killed. CBS News used both terms for the same event. Jason Allen reported the segment, according to the summary. The summary does not name the officers involved, describe the circumstances in the parking lot, or identify the state official or agency that made the justification finding. Those details were not included in the material available for this account.

The only points of conflict described in the CBS News summary are the state's finding and the family's disagreement with it. The summary does not indicate whether the state or the family has made further statements, and no other outlet's reporting was consulted for this story. Information beyond the CBS News summary and headline is therefore not included here.

Because the account rests on a single summary, the family's full remarks, the state's stated reasoning, and any response from law enforcement cannot be verified from this source.

Sources: CBS News: Family of 1-year-old killed by police speak out: "That's no justification".

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