Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Crump Speaks!

 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.”


33 comments:

Anonymous said...

Crump's record is suffering in MS.

Remember the pic of the baby's mom twerking with cash at the "funeral"?

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Crump ever uses racial slurs against white people?

Anonymous said...

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!

Anonymous said...

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!

Anonymous said...

The GoFundMe is up to $28,691.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

12:40. Why would you think so?

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

If the folks running away from the cops had been white, the cop would not have fired a shot. Now dispute that.

Anonymous said...

I’m no fan of crump but I hope he sues the police officer who chose to pull the trigger

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

I agree

Anonymous said...

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?

Anonymous said...

If they would have done what they were ordered to do, no shots would have been fired. Dispute that.

Anonymous said...

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/

Anonymous said...

And if a white child was killed, not one person, the media, Ben Chump would blink an eye. Now dispute that.

Anonymous said...

Do these people ever think of responsibility, consequences, or think at all? Can anyone explain that?

Anonymous said...

"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."

He was correct, at least as far as it goes. Assume for a moment you are at a commercial gun range, with proper backstopping, professional range officers exercising proper control, etc., and you and 9 or 10 others are shooting at large life-size targets 100 yards down-range. You fire and hit your target, generally where you were aiming and expected the bullet to impact. Unknown to you, some teenager sneaked unto the property by climbing the 10-foot-high fence with signs that read "DANGER! GUN RANGE" and was hiding behind your target. Your bullet, having hit where you intended, goes through the paper target and kills the teenager.

Are you to blame for not checking behind the target you intended to and did hit before every pull of the trigger? If you aren't, who is? Were all the other shooters acting improperly by failing to check behind their targets before each pull of the trigger? What about the range officers? As to each, why or why not?

Anonymous said...

How did the shoplifting case go in court? She must’ve been charged and convicted, correct? Oh, you just assumed she shoplifted and didn’t even say allegedly, congrats you are now liable for defamation. Better hope Kingfish doesn’t get subpoenaed for your ip address.

Anonymous said...

All it cost was the life of a toddler. Who gives a crap about a gofundme, a baby was shot dead for no reason.

Anonymous said...

Two GoFundMe accounts are better than one. Cha-ching.

Anonymous said...

@1:12 - The chief of police was fired in September for racist text messages. The same chief who ran the department where this occurred. It seems they were connected pretty directly. How is that not relevant?

Anonymous said...

Shoplifting is the crime of the century in this one-horse backwoods redneck town.

Anonymous said...

@3:12 - that’s why they became cops, so they can do whatever they want without repurcussions.

Anonymous said...

Looking for a new gravy train while skipping right over the continuous crime in the capitol city. And we know why.

Anonymous said...

@2:52 - there’s a picture from the bodycam footage, but no actual video. What did you watch to make this conclusion?

Anonymous said...

Police don't get to attempt to run over people who are legally trying to stop them.............

Anonymous said...

I refer you to the multiple instances where white ICE agents fired in this exact situation. Hunt another racist excuse.

Anonymous said...

Did you practice that with a speeding car coming at you? I'll wait.


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