Talk:Murder of Cannon Hinnant

Where is the media coverage? What's going on with the prosecution of this murderer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1011:B040:AECB:D500:9520:30A8:1CC4 (talk) 17:59, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Lead and race identification

To all the new editors, please be aware that Wikipedia has specific policies regarding articles about living people and recently deceased. Please read it at WP:BLP. Continually adding "black" to the lead as if the death was racially motivated is WP:UNDUE and not neutral. Praxidicae (talk) 19:37, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

I've also removed the section about "Sayhisname". The hashtag being co-opted by a small number of people isn't notable and isn't actually reported by WP:RS. Praxidicae (talk) 19:46, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

The requiements to adding race is if articles credible enough to be mentioned emphasize the significance of the fact. One in particular, snopes, mentions it multiple times. Why is the white and black emphasis in that article ignored but the "conspiracy" it argues against brought up? I suggest the race is as a result important enough. To top it off, it even mentions #sayhisname but that's been removed too. It seems like the contributors to this article are only adding the details they want from the articles they mention and not an overall objective truth.EpicMemeGamer (talk) 07:04, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

I think the races should be added because they are included in the Shooting of Michael Brown article even though there isn’t any evidence of racially motivated, at least that I know of. Also in Rayshard Brooks and George Floyd.After my time (talk) 00:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

If you think race was irrelevant in the shooting of Michael Brown, then you could propose removing the assailant's and victim's races at Talk:Shooting of Michael Brown. Likewise for the other two articles, if race wasn't a factor in their deaths. Captain Calm (talk) 06:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

• @PristinePlum: You need to read WP:UNDUE immediately. The race has no place in the lead as it has nothing to do with race. We do not have it in the lead of Death of Jeffrey Baldwin for the same reason - it's irrelevant and trying to push a narrative that it is somehow related to race is unencyclopedic and violates WP:NPOV. This has been discussed repeatedly. Further this also falls under WP:BLP and as such I have removed it. If you wish to restore it, get consensus here. CUPIDICAE💕 22:51, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
• @PristinePlum: What logical and encyclopedic reason is there to include the race of the victim and suspect in the lead of a generic murder? Please enlighten us all since you insist on ignoring discussion here. CUPIDICAE💕 22:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

Furthermore, this is a BLP violation: She was charged with felony accessory after the fact for helping Sessoms flee.[9][10] She was not charged for helping him flee, it says she allegedly helped him flee and that she was charged as an accessory after the fact, which does not equate to "for helping Sessoms flee". More importantly, as this is a contentious claim, it should not be included as per WP:RSP. Lastly, the only source discussing race is WaPo, which clarifies that it was only brought up as a conspiracy theory to push a narrative for the motive. CUPIDICAE💕 23:05, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

notability

I also request that the notability tag isn't removed. This is a very recent event and while it's gained some national attention, it's highly unlikely (at this point) that it's going to have lasting impact and in the spirit of WP:NOTNEWS, the notability is super questionable. Praxidicae (talk) 19:47, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

I added the notability tag. Could I also request that editors refrain from adding crime categories, as the incident is still under investigation, and though it might feel justifiable to jump to a conclusion in such a tragic case, it's still not yet clear whether a crime has been committed. Captain Calm (talk) 19:56, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

The evidence of a crime is overwhelming. A five year old was shot to death. This was not a suicide. It is being labeled a crime in virtually every RS source I have read. A man has been charged with First Degree Murder. That would not be possible if the coroner had not returned a verdict of death by homicide. The incident has received significant press and media coverage, which may, or may not prove sufficient to ring the WP:N bell. We will have to see if it is sustained. But nobody is questioning that this was a crime. I would also caution people that this is starting to gain traction in various right leaning media sources and online forums. There is a possibility that this tragedy could become a political football which would greatly strengthen a claim to notability. My gut says if this goes to AfD, even with just what we have right now, it will be kept. -Ad Orientem (talk) 00:52, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm trying to stick to WP:SUSPECT, but please correct me if I've misread that. If the suspect is found not guilty by reason of insanity or similar, then how can the shooting be categorised as a crime? Family and friends all seem to be saying that relations with their neighbour were good, and that they're struggling to understand what his motive could possibly have been for shooting the boy. My understanding is that it's not a crime on Wikipedia until the sole suspect has been convicted (or pleads guilty): is that not correct? Captain Calm (talk) 13:39, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

There are other aspects to this which I won't delve into per WP:BLP that are starting to be reported by various media outlets (ranging from not so reliable to reliable). Yes a 5 year old being murdered is awful but we're still in WP:NOTNEWS territory. Praxidicae (talk) 14:12, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Lots of crimes go unsolved. That doesn't make them not a crime. No one has ever been convicted in a court of law for President Kennedy's murder. But he was in fact murdered. The legal determination of manner of death is typically a coroner's report and death certificate. Additionally the local prosecutor has authority to treat acts as criminal. And of course there is what is reported in reliable sources, In this case the term 'crime' is being used by pretty much everybody. If a suspect is later found not guilty (i.e. culpable) of a violent act by reason of insanity, self defense, or a non culpable accident, then the article would simply be amended to reflect that reality. For now competent authorities and virtually all reliable sources are labeling this as a crime. Unless/until this changes, that's what we go with. -Ad Orientem (talk) 16:01, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Your point is well made, thanks, and I haven't found a WP policy that contradicts it. I'll restore the category now. Captain Calm (talk) 16:07, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

Change the title name to "Killing of Cannon Hinnant"

Wikipedia is becoming more consistent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_George_Floyd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ahmaud_Arbery

This is very obviously a homicide, so I don't see why the title name isn't consistent with other wikipedia articles.

EpicMemeGamer (talk) 06:18, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

I made this move because I think that, generally speaking, articles regarding deaths determined to be homicides but not (or not yet) determined to be murder should be titled 'killing of'. 'Shooting of' fails to describe the event accurately -- as a homicide -- and is also ambiguous, as many shootings result in injury but not death (e.g., Shooting of Ronald Reagan). However I will point out that there isn't nearly as much consistency as implied.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shooting_of_Breonna_Taylor
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Philando_Castile
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin

All these have been determined to be homicide but have not resulted in a murder conviction so would be most correctly titled 'killing of _'. Paisarepa (talk) 17:42, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

The vast majority of articles on Wikipedia that are about fatal shootings is "Shooting of", except those that are titled "Murder of". There is actually a high degree of consistency, although there has been some recent agitation to try to change the convention. George Floyd was not shot, so that article is not really a good fit as an example. —BarrelProof (talk) 15:56, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Update on the amount raised:

https://www.gofun dme. com/f/justice-for-cannon - Raised $812,899, the article says that it raised "Over $766,000", that is obviously outdated and should be updated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoorishBlood (talk • contribs) 20:55, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Murder of Cannon Hinnant

If there is no cover up in this case, why are the prison records of Darius Sessoms open to the public of all previous crimes except the murder of Cannon. None of the news networks have published anything since the initial reports in August 2020. The sheriff's office refuses to answer any questions. SOUNDS LIKE A COVER UP TO ME. 173.185.146.13 (talk) 14:12, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

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I agree. This terrible tragedy happened over a year ago and to date there has been no information anywhere as to whether Sessoms has been brought to trial; whether he was convicted and if so, what the sentence was. Why is this? David Rayner, Saturday, November 27th, 2021 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidRayner (talk • contribs) 08:19, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Read this article. Quote: "Sessoms is charged with murder. He's due back in court in December." 2A02:C7F:5A8F:1F00:2035:3236:1CCA:B0A9 (talk) 17:51, 29 November 2021 (UTC)

No conviction = no prison record. As of November 2021, (the dates on the questions above) - Sessoms had still not been formally charged. He was not charged until after the comments above, in December 2021. So Sessoms was held in jail - for 16 months - not yet formally charged with anything. If they had evidence - the prosecutor would have formally charged him back in August 2020. A grand jury had to formally charge him in December 2021, because the prosecutor refused to formally charge him. Why? The prosecutor doesn't have evidence to support a charge - but that's not why the prosecutor never charged him. The prosecutor never charged him because of the exculpatory evidence that proves Sessoms is innocent. No prosecutor would throw away their entire career charging Sessoms in spite of that evidence. They'd lose their license to practice law for prosecutorial misconduct. The prosecutor's office knows family members lied to the media - the address where the shooting occurred was not the child's father's residence. It's the child's mother's family's residence (Bonny Parker's father and stepmother). The prosecutor's office also has the lab reports confirming gunshot residue on one of the sisters hands. So why hasn't Bonny Parker - or her father (if he was the only adult home at the time) been charged with criminal negligence and child neglect for failing to keep their firearms out of reach of children who were allowed to play with no adult supervision? The only difference between Bonny Parker and Casey Anthony - is there apparently weren't any black people conveniently nearby. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6011:7E01:42C7:6CF0:2EF7:603A:25CF (talk) 23:45, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

This page is outdated

Sessoms has now been officially indicted for Hinnant's murder. https://abc11.com/cannon-hinnant-darius-sessoms-indictment-murder-charge/11393888/ 2A02:C7F:5A8F:1F00:782D:77A:2B2A:EF3E (talk) 13:12, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

"Political response" section is biased

It exists solely to say "Snopes says there's no cover-up, ignore that this wasn't prominently covered by the mainstream media" and "hey guys, even the mother says it's not about race, so please ignore that if the races were reversed we'd have more riots".

Maybe delete the entire section, or make it less obviously a "downplay this incident" section. This is why exactly why Wikipedia isn't supposed to be used as a credible source. 172.58.19.104 (talk) 07:12, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

This is a good suggestion. Unfortunately activist editors work quite hard to ensure that incidents like this one are framed a certain way and would just revert the change. 2601:18D:8D80:A560:F034:C045:5E11:46A (talk) 00:13, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 July 2022

Add this line: "I pray he gets the death penalty,” said Bonny Parker, Cannon Hinnant’s mom." The requested addition is a direct quote from existing footnote #12.

Also add: "Bonny Parker is calling for anyone accused of killing of a child to automatically face the death penalty" reference: https://www.wral.com/mother-of-5-year-old-wilson-boy-killed-calling-for-new-law-to-give-death-penalty-to-all-child-killers/20300394/

The requested addition is a direct quote from existing footnote #12. 63.155.93.215 (talk) 00:26, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. This looks to be too much detail that isn't very noteworthy. It's also excessive quotation, rather than summary. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:12, 29 July 2022 (UTC)

Location of killed

He was killed playing in front of his dad’s house, not in the neighbor’s yard. 2603:8081:3803:8F00:1DCA:698F:CDCB:495D (talk) 12:13, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 29 January 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved (non-admin closure) ❯❯❯ Raydann^(Talk) 13:59, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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Killing of Cannon Hinnant → Murder of Cannon Hinnant – Sessoms has pleaded guilty to murder, and while he still maintains innocence this should be enough to move the page Truecrimefan22 (talk) 19:23, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

• Support per WP:DEATHS. Sessoms has indeed pleaded guilty to murder [1]. 162 etc. (talk) 02:05, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
• Support due to Sessoms' guilty plea. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 21:54, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
• Support per above. -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:34, 1 February 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.