A Mississippi police officer has resigned, officials said Friday — just days after the state said the officer’s actions were justified in a June shooting that resulted in the death of a 1-year-old boy and led to widespread outrage.
The incident unfolded June 14 when Senatobia officers and Tate County deputies followed Kohen Wiley’s mother and her friend to their car. “Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the driver drove in the direction of the officers, almost striking one,” the Mississippi Department of Public Safety said in a statement at the time.
“Stop the car!” officers yell, body camera footage released by DPS Thursday shows, but the car continues forward appearing to move toward at least one of the officers before Foster, who’s standing in front of the vehicle towards the passenger’s side, shoots into the car.
I figure he resigned because that was the deal to get off scott free for the murder. No problem though, he can (and will) easily get hired at some other police dept.
Yes, they always completely cease any investigation into the incident once the cop involved resigns. They claim that since he’s no longer an employee, they can’t, as law enforcement, do anything about the ex-employees illegal acts.
This tracks unfortunately. If only there was a group of people responsible for upholding our laws. Maybe the avengers?
Pretty sure the mom is going to get a murder charge. There is no way they let her off using her baby as a human shield.
Seems the women were fleeing, the cops put themselves in the path of the vehicle, then used that as a safety justification for lethal force
It could easily have been another civilian being struck by a stray bullet. A shoplifted fleeing is not as bad as an innocent person being shot. Cops already had the women’s faces and plate number
Departments need a policy against officers intentionally blocking a vehicle with their body
Just wave at them as they drive by. They can’t hide. They’re on camera. No no. Have to shoot because that’s all you can do as a cop.
resigns? not fired? not jailed pending murder charges?
He’ll crop up elsewhere. That’s the standard playbook for these shitbirds.
Why resign if this was justified?
I hope that motherfucker resigns from life next.
To be honest I can’t recall any story of a cop killing themselves after a bad shoot. That would require morals and shame.
They probably need a better man to do it for them.
PTSD is common in cops. Several officers that defended the capitol on Jan 6th committed suicide
They might have felt like failures, and were betrayed by their country in the end.
This motherfucker should feel like a failure, but probably doesn’t.
Worthless gesture
It’s not supposed to be worth anything to anyone but him. This means he avoids any departmental punishment.
It’s interesting seeing the comments here opposed to the ones on videos or news sites. A lot of people blamed the mother for this. At the end of the day to me it doesnt matter what she did, escalating the situation for stealing diapers to the point that they tried murdering her is never acceptable and should not be normalized to be. Just let her go, they got the plates just pick her up at her place in an hour. Why do we need to end anyones life over theft? Crazy world…
They can shoot a baby for a $15 dollar theft but they can’t hold people stealing billions from the American people and raping children accountable . Nothing will improve until the parasite class lives in fear
