Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump had something to say after Attorney General Lynn Fitch cleared a Senatobia police officer in the shooting death of a one-year old child.
Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump is calling for the immediate release of body-camera and surveillance footage after the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office announced it found an officer’s use of force was justified in the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.
Infant Kohen was fatally shot June 14, 2026, while inside a vehicle outside a Walmart in Senatobia, Mississippi, where officers had responded to a reported shoplifting incident involving diapers. Mississippi Bureau of Investigation records identify Senatobia Police Sgt. Hunter Foster as the subject of its investigation. He was placed on administrative leave following the shooting. According to Mississippi Today, Foster faced an internal complaint alleging he made a racially offensive remark toward a Black officer two days before Kohen’s death.
On Sept. 1, the Senatobia Board of Aldermen voted unanimously to fire Police Chief Harold Vanderford after The New York Times reported he repeatedly used racial slurs in text messages. Despite repeated calls for their release, body-camera and surveillance footage of the fatal encounter has not been provided to Kohen’s family.
Attorney Crump issued the following statement:
“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? This is a department whose chief was fired after reports of racial slurs in his text messages, and whose officer faced a complaint alleging a racially offensive remark two days before he shot Kohen. If the footage supports the state’s decision, release it. We will not stop fighting until this family gets the truth.”
19 comments:
Crump's record is suffering in MS.
Remember the pic of the baby's mom twerking with cash at the "funeral"?
I wonder if Crump ever uses racial slurs against white people?
Mr. (used loosely) Crump, the officer firing his weapon and the death of the child had nothing to do with him desiring to injury or kill the child. The mother is the person responsible for this tragedy. She broke the law by stealing, then chose to try to run over the officer. Go after her!
If the person hadn't shoplifter, or if the driver of the car would have stopped instead of trying to run over a cop, the 1-year-old would still be a live!
The GoFundMe is up to $28,691.
I can understand the officer did not intentionally shoot the child and should not be held criminally liable. However the civil penalty is another matter.
Under the letter of the law and police procedure the officer may be justified in discharging his weapon if he felt that he or others were in danger from the car. But whether the shooting was absolutely necessary and not a negligent overreaction might get a different outcome in a civil court. A cash settlement may still be coming.
12:40. Why would you think so?
One standard for police another for everyone else! I don’t care what his mama did Mississippi doesn’t give the death penalty for shoplifting.
If the folks running away from the cops had been white, the cop would not have fired a shot. Now dispute that.
I’m no fan of crump but I hope he sues the police officer who chose to pull the trigger
Crump can say and have any opinion of his own just like you commenting on this article. It won't be many more shootings that a cop will be getting away with. I don't feel sorry for no cop when they are in the wrong. In this situation, he's a lucky cop not facing a jury. May he did fear for his life and shot the child. He will have to live with that the rest of his life.
There's an entire universe of difference between "racial slur" and "racist homicide."
But Crump and his fans would have us believe racial prejudice is just inches away from murder.
That's how they load up the term "racist" to carry so much weight, when they aim at anyone they want to discredit.
Ben Crump uses this stuff for free Ben Crump advertising. He probably keeps his mouth shut when he gets a real case because publicity kills a potential factor in deciding to settle a case.
When I was a child my father taught me gun safety he told me to to never pull a trigger unless you know exactly where the bullet will land
I agree
Without the body cam footage, it is impossible for any of us to know if this was a justified shooting or not. It seems like if the officer is cleared, that would have to lead to some sort of charge against the mother for the child's death, no?
If they would have done what they were ordered to do, no shots would have been fired. Dispute that.
Here's the bodycam footage and it's clear. That poor baby's death is on the driver. But the Crump crowd will argue with the color of the sky. You cannot reason with insanity. https://darkhorsepressnow.com/news/2026-10-20/body-camera-footage-shows-vehicle-involved-in-senatobia-shooting-actually-hit-at-least-two-officers/
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