The police chief of Senatobia, a Mississippi city where an officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June while responding to a shoplifting call, was fired by city officials Tuesday after reports of racist text messages emerged.
Sophie Bates
Sophie Bates is The Associated Press's new video journalist in Mississippi. Sophie joins from the ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio, where she works as a multimedia journalist. Sophie is an aggressive reporter whose role in Ohio is a mix of breaking news and deeper off-the-news investigative stories. She recently worked on a five-part investigative series on homelessness and affordable housing in the Toledo area.
