Ben Crump says Foster's resignation is not accountability and the family will seek his decertification
Ben CrumpCivil rights lawyer representing Kohen Wiley's family, in a statement to Action News 5
Responding to Foster's resignation, Crump says it is not accountability or justice and that turning in a badge does not end Foster's responsibility for Kohen's death.
“Officer Foster's resignation is hardly a step toward accountability, and it is certainly not justice. A badge cannot simply be turned in to escape responsibility for taking the life of an innocent 1-year-old baby.”
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Mississippi's attorney general finds the police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley justified; Ben Crump disputes the finding
A Senatobia, Mississippi, police officer fired into a car in a Walmart parking lot on June 14, 2026, killing 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as his mother held him. On October 19, the state attorney general's office found the officer's use of force justified and declined to prosecute. Ben Crump, a lawyer for the family, disputes the finding and seeks a federal investigation. The officer, Hunter Foster, has resigned.
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Action News 5 reports on two earlier excessive-force lawsuits naming Foster, quotes Ben Crump's statement on Foster's resignation, and quotes Foster's lawyer and a former Shelby County sheriff's lieutenant on the shooting.
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Action News 5 reports that Foster resigned from the Senatobia police force earlier in the week and that Crump, in a statement, said the resignation does not end the case.
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Crump says the family will not allow the resignation to be the end of the story and will continue demanding Foster's permanent decertification and a federal investigation.
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The case concerns whether the Senatobia officer was justified in firing into the car, killing Kohen Wiley. Crump says Foster bears responsibility for taking the child's life and that resigning does not amount to accountability, which condemns the shooting.
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Read the full caseBen Crump asks how anyone can accept the justified finding without the body-camera footage
“A 1-year-old baby was shot and killed by a police officer, and now the state of Mississippi says that use of force was justified. How can anyone accept that conclusion when Kohen's family and the public still have not been allowed to see the body-camera footage?”Read statement
Mississippi attorney general's office finds the Senatobia officer's use of force justified
Mississippi Attorney General's Office
“In this incident, the Attorney General's Office found the use of force was justified.”Read statement
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